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1. A Search for a Diffuse Flux of Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 40-String Detector

Author: J. Feintzeig, M. Ono, John Clem, Anatoli Fedynitch, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, J. L. Bazo Alba, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, H. G. Sander, M. Labare, S. R. Klein, B. D. Fox, T. Feusels, S. H. Seo, Chun Xu, Thomas Meures, J. J. Beatty, T. Glüsenkamp, Carsten Rott, J. Miller, G. Stephens, M. Bissok, S. Westerhoff, J. E. Jacobsen, Marcos Santander, Larissa Paul, M. Merck, J. M. Joseph, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, L. Gerhardt, C. Bohm, H. Landsman, Jenni Adams, K. Laihem, D. Heinen, A. Marotta, K. Hoshina, C. Colnard, Glenn Spiczak, C. Pérez de los Heros, Stijn Buitink, M. Stamatikos, C. Ha, F. Clevermann, J. Posselt, A. Silvestri, J. Auffenberg, U. Naumann, K. Rawlins, S. Hickford, A. Piegsa, R. G. Stokstad, J. K. Becker, P. B. Price, P. Roth, M. L. Benabderrahmane, M. V. D'Agostino, K. Mase, G. W. Sullivan, Karen Andeen, Ch. Weaver, R. Wischnewski, K. Schatto, Simona Toscano, A. Goldschmidt, A. Stössl, T. O. B. Schmidt, R. Morse, M. M. Foerster, J. C. Gallagher, G. Kohnen, N. Kurahashi, M. Dierckxsens, R. W. Ellsworth, D. J. Boersma, Reina H. Maruyama, B. Ruzybayev, J. Petrovic, T. Griesel, D. Z. Besson, S. Bechet, W. Huelsnitz, Chad Finley, James Madsen, Allan Hallgren, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, R. Nahnhauer, Sandro Kopper, T. R. Wood, Albrecht Karle, K. Wiebe, D. Tosi, B. Semburg, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, M. J. Larson, S. Panknin, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, N. Milke, George Japaridze, Takao Kuwabara, T. Krings, L. Demirörs, K. Helbing, D. Bertrand, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, M. Krasberg, P. Redl, O. Engdegård, J. A. Goodman, A. Schönwald, S.J. Lafebre, Fabian Kislat, D. Altmann, S. Yoshida, S. W. Barwick, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, T. Denger, E. A. Strahler, Dariusz Gora, K. Meagher, Gerald Przybylski, Karen S. Caballero-Mora, B. Christy, H. Taavola, M. Olivo, Dmitry Chirkin, Elisa Resconi, M. Zoll, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Berdermann, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, A. Van Overloop, A. Ishihara, J. W. Nam, I. Taboada, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, K. Han, M. Schunck, Daniel Bindig, Teresa Montaruli, A. Hajismail, A. Homeier, D. R. Nygren, J. van Santen, M. Wallraff, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. Stür, E. Middell, S. Odrowski, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, Elisa Bernardini, M. Ribordy, Christopher Wiebusch, A. Franckowiak, M. Gurtner, J. Blumenthal, Pratik Majumdar, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, G. Kroll, J. Daughhetee, Axel Groß, Hermann Kolanoski, P. Nießen, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, P. Berghaus, S. M. Movit, Ph. Herquet, Olga Botner, K.-H. Becker, T. Straszheim, Subir Sarkar, S. Hussain, T. Fischer-Wasels, Aongus O'Murchadha, S. Euler, Kael Hanson, S. Seunarine, D. J. Koskinen, J. Dreyer, A. Schukraft, D. Rutledge, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Y. Abdou, Michael J. Baker, L. Gladstone, Paolo Desiati, D. Seckel, Dirk Ryckbosch, M. Voge, Damian Pieloth, O. Depaepe, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, D. Hubert, A. M. Brown, S. Stoyanov, Rasha Abbasi, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, J. Lünemann, L. Köpke, Segev BenZvi, R. C. Bay, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Wolfgang Rhode, Timo Karg, F. Rothmaier, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, Christian Spiering, Justin Vandenbroucke, Martin Wolf, J.-P. Hülß, H. S. Matis, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, O. Fadiran, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, M. Kowalski, M. Danninger, T. Kowarik, A. Tamburro, Xinhua Bai, Markus Ahlers, R. Porrata, Q. Swillens, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, A. Schultes, Peter Mészáros, R. J. Lauer, C. De Clercq, S. Böser, David A. Williams, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, F. Descamps, A. Tepe, R. Franke, C. Walck, H. A. B. Johansson, Thomas K. Gaisser, and G. B. Yodh
Subjects: SELECTION, AMANDA, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Amanda, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Selection, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, ICE, Ice, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic-Rays, Solar neutrino problem, COSMIC-RAYS, MODEL, Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino detector, TELESCOPES, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Model, Telescopes, Lepton
Abstract: The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 km$^{3}$ detector currently taking data at the South Pole. One of the main strategies used to look for astrophysical neutrinos with IceCube is the search for a diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos from unresolved sources. A hard energy spectrum of neutrinos from isotropically distributed astrophysical sources could manifest itself as a detectable signal that may be differentiated from the atmospheric neutrino background by spectral measurement. This analysis uses data from the IceCube detector collected in its half completed configuration which operated between April 2008 and May 2009 to search for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos. A total of 12,877 upward going candidate neutrino events have been selected for this analysis. No evidence for a diffuse flux of astrophysical muon neutrinos was found in the data set leading to a 90 percent C.L. upper limit on the normalization of an $E^{-2}$ astrophysical $\nu_{\mu}$ flux of $8.9 \times 10^{-9} \ \mathrm{GeV \ cm^{-2} \ s^{-1} \ sr^{-1}}$. The analysis is sensitive in the energy range between $35 \ \mathrm{TeV} - 7 \ \mathrm{PeV}$. The 12,877 candidate neutrino events are consistent with atmospheric muon neutrinos measured from 332 GeV to 84 TeV and no evidence for a prompt component to the atmospheric neutrino spectrum is found., Comment: 20 pages, 13 figures
Published: 2016
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2. Calibration and Characterization of the IceCube Photomultiplier Tube

Author: Ignacio Taboada, C. Pérez de los Heros, F. Rothmaier, Peter Mészáros, Matthias Geisler, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, M. R. Duvoort, Darren Grant, B. Ruzybayev, F. Descamps, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, H. Miyamoto, Jay Gallagher, J. van Santen, Y. Hasegawa, P. Nießen, A. Tepe, R. L. Imlay, M. Labare, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, R. Franke, C. Walck, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, R. Ehrlich, Dirk Ryckbosch, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, K. Wiebe, Christian Bohm, M. Krasberg, M. V. D'Agostino, Axel Groß, Q. Swillens, David A. Schneider, A. Olivas, John Clem, Jon Dumm, A. Goldschmidt, G. C. Hill, M. Matusik, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, Michael J. Baker, J. Dreyer, S. Seunarine, J. M. Joseph, A. Laundrie, G. Stephens, Spencer Klein, S. Westerhoff, P. B. Price, Thomas Meures, L. Gladstone, J. J. Beatty, D. Seckel, O. Tarasova, A. Piegsa, Jenni Adams, M. Danninger, A. R. Fazely, P. A. Toale, Klas Hultqvist, N. Milke, C. Ha, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, M. Merck, H. Landsman, M. L. Benabderrahmane, D. Rutledge, S. Yoshida, J. Posselt, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Stijn Buitink, T. O. B. Schmidt, George Japaridze, J.-P. Hülß, T. Kowarik, Christian Spiering, Carsten Rott, P. Roth, R. Nahnhauer, Dave Nygren, H. S. Matis, S. H. Seo, N. van Eijndhoven, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, R. J. Lauer, M. Bissok, O. Engdegård, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, A. Tamburro, Takao Kuwabara, N. Kitamura, D. Wahl, K. Mase, Reina H. Maruyama, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Wolfgang Rhode, Karen Andeen, D. Berley, C. De Clercq, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, Christopher Wiebusch, Xianwu Xu, R. Morse, P. Robl, B. Christy, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, L. Demirörs, J. L. Kelley, Laura C. Bradley, P. Zarzhitsky, P. Berghaus, S. Schlenstedt, O. Depaepe, G. Kroll, Markus Ahlers, K. Rawlins, R. Wischnewski, E. Blaufuss, S. Euler, S. Stoyanov, Dmitry Chirkin, R. Lehmann, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, A. Van Overloop, C. Terranova, O. Fadiran, G. W. Sullivan, Alexander Kappes, A.C. Pohl, Damian Pieloth, H. Wissing, J. Lünemann, S. M. Movit, R. Porrata, James Madsen, T. Krings, D. Hubert, Elisa Resconi, Nathan Whitehorn, E. A. Strahler, J. Berdermann, Ph. Herquet, R. C. Bay, R. W. Ellsworth, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, S. Cohen, M. Ono, D. J. Boersma, T. DeYoung, J. L. Bazo Alba, Kael Hanson, J. K. Becker, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. W. Nam, Hermann Kolanoski, A. Schultes, L. Köpke, T. Straszheim, Pratik Majumdar, H. G. Sander, S. Odrowski, A. Homeier, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, C. Colnard, M. M. Foerster, Larissa Paul, Aya Ishihara, S. Bechet, T. Feusels, Steven W. Barwick, S.J. Lafebre, P. Redl, J. E. Jacobsen, Teresa Montaruli, P. Sandstrom, Allan Hallgren, Paolo Desiati, J. Auffenberg, L. Gerhardt, Rasha Abbasi, Chun Xu, R. Ganugapati, K. Hoshina, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Karl-Heinz Kampert, D. F. Cowen, Kirill Filimonov, Glenn Spiczak, Chris Wendt, Albrecht Karle, M. Kowalski, M. Ribordy, Chad Finley, Subir Sarkar, U. Naumann, A. Silvestri, K. H. Becker, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, Michael Stamatikos, K. Meagher, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, S. Panknin, Y. Abdou, Fabian Kislat, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, Timo Karg, D. Z. Besson, J. Haugen, M. Schunck, C. Roucelle, K. Kuehn, D. Bertrand, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, B. D. Fox, Dirk Lennarz, Henrik J. Johansson, W. Huelsnitz, K. Helbing, Anna Franckowiak, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, D. Tosi, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, K. Han, Olga Botner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photomultiplier, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Photon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 01 natural sciences, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, Cherenkov, ddc:530, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, Cosmic rays, Cherenkov radiation, Physics, Ice, PMT, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Photonics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business
Abstract: Over 5,000 PMTs are being deployed at the South Pole to compose the IceCube neutrino observatory. Many are placed deep in the ice to detect Cherenkov light emitted by the products of high-energy neutrino interactions, and others are frozen into tanks on the surface to detect particles from atmospheric cosmic ray showers. IceCube is using the 10-inch diameter R7081-02 made by Hamamatsu Photonics. This paper describes the laboratory characterization and calibration of these PMTs before deployment. PMTs were illuminated with pulses ranging from single photons to saturation level. Parameterizations are given for the single photoelectron charge spectrum and the saturation behavior. Time resolution, late pulses and afterpulses are characterized. Because the PMTs are relatively large, the cathode sensitivity uniformity was measured. The absolute photon detection efficiency was calibrated using Rayleigh-scattered photons from a nitrogen laser. Measured characteristics are discussed in the context of their relevance to IceCube event reconstruction and simulation efforts., 40 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2016
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3. IceCube Sensitivity for Low-Energy Neutrinos from Nearby Supernovae ( Corrigendum )

Author: J. W. Nam, D. R. Nygren, T. Abu-Zayyad, S. Odrowski, R. Ström, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Auffenberg, K. Mase, Thomas Meures, M. Labare, P. Berghaus, P. B. Price, C. Ha, S. Euler, S. Panknin, C. Wendt, M. Merck, Christian Spiering, S. Seunarine, Ch. Weaver, Jon Dumm, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, T. O. B. Schmidt, Larissa Paul, Karen S. Caballero-Mora, Henrik J. Johansson, M. L. Benabderrahmane, F. Descamps, A. Tepe, M. Kowalski, Chad Finley, Naoko Kurahashi, M. Danninger, Aongus O'Murchadha, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, D. Berley, Justin Vandenbroucke, R. Franke, C. Walck, G. C. Hill, J. L. Bazo Alba, Timo Karg, M. J. Larson, D. Rutledge, H. Köhne, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, T. Kowarik, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Damian Pieloth, A. M. Brown, Michael J. Baker, D. Bertrand, T. Griesel, A. Marotta, T. Feusels, T. R. Wood, Fabian Kislat, D. Z. Besson, Xinhua Bai, M. Schunck, L. Gladstone, Dirk Heinen, Martin Wolf, K. Andeen, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, A. Silvestri, D. Seckel, K. Wiebe, J. E. Jacobsen, L. Köpke, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Jenni Adams, Takao Kuwabara, F. Clevermann, Q. Swillens, Marcos Santander, M. Voge, Markus Ahlers, S. Miarecki, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, F. Rothmaier, P. A. Toale, K.-H. Becker, Matt Dunkman, Simona Toscano, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, J. P. Yanez, L. Gerhardt, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Rawlins, A. Schönwald, N. Milke, George Japaridze, R. Porrata, B. Christy, A. Olivas, K. Hultqvist, T. Fischer-Wasels, James Madsen, Seth M. Cohen, Darren Grant, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, G. W. Sullivan, A. Piegsa, A. Ishihara, Nathan Whitehorn, D. Altmann, O. Engdegård, Dmitry Chirkin, J. J. Beatty, J. S. Gallagher, K. Meagher, Anatoli Fedynitch, D. J. Boersma, A. Franckowiak, S. Bechet, D. Tosi, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, I. Taboada, A. Schultes, T. Stanev, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, Dirk Ryckbosch, J. Feintzeig, L. Demirörs, Elisa Resconi, M. Richman, K. H. Kampert, P. Redl, Teresa Montaruli, C. Colnard, J. Berdermann, B. Hoffmann, Peter Mészáros, B. Ruzybayev, Carsten Rott, R. J. Lauer, M. M. Allen, S. Hussain, R. Nahnhauer, M. Stamatikos, A. Hajismail, J. Miller, M. Bissok, M. Wallraff, D. J. Koskinen, H. Taavola, C. De Clercq, T. Degner, J. K. Becker, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, S. Hickford, Douglas Cowen, Gerald Przybylski, K. Beattie, Xianwu Xu, A. S. Richard, C. Bohm, S. Böser, David A. Williams, A. Van Overloop, R. G. Stokstad, Markus Ackermann, M. Zoll, A. Goldschmidt, J. van Santen, O. Schulz, R. Wischnewski, J.-P. Hülß, L. Schulte, S. W. Barwick, M. Gurtner, S. Westerhoff, Donglian Xu, H. S. Matis, Kirill Filimonov, A. Homeier, M. Vehring, Axel Groß, Thorsten Glusenkamp, Segev BenZvi, J. Blumenthal, S. M. Movit, Christopher Wiebusch, J. Posselt, K. Han, M. Stüer, A. Tamburro, Spencer Klein, E. Jakobi, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, Allan Hallgren, W. Huelsnitz, H. G. Sander, Sandro Kopper, J. Daughhetee, J. Petrovic, A. Karle, Subir Sarkar, O. Fadiran, Olga Botner, K. Hoshina, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, K. Singh, A. H. Cruz Silva, Chun Xu, Glenn Spiczak, K. Helbing, V. Baum, S. H. Seo, A. Stößl, U. Naumann, Wolfgang Rhode, Stijn Buitink, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, R. Morse, Reina H. Maruyama, Dariusz Gora, B. D. Fox, J. Lünemann, R. C. Bay, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, M. Ribordy, M. Dierckxsens, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, N. van Eijndhoven, H. Wissing, G. Kroll, Daniel Bindig, Kael Hanson, Paolo Desiati, Rasha Abbasi, M. Krasberg, S. Yoshida, E. A. Strahler, Hermann Kolanoski, H. Landsman, R. Hellauer, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, M. V. D'Agostino, J. P. Rodrigues, and T. Stezelberger
Subjects: Physics, Supernova, Low energy, Web of science, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Instrumentation (computer programming), Sensitivity (control systems), Neutrino
Abstract: Keywords: neutrinos ; supernovae: general ; instrumentation: detectors ; errata ; addenda Reference EPFL-ARTICLE-198916doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117810eView record in Web of Science Record created on 2014-05-19, modified on 2017-05-12
Published: 2014
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4. The design and performance of IceCube DeepCore

Author: T. Griesel, K. Wiebe, Carsten Rott, Dave Nygren, J. Miller, M. Bissok, Xianwu Xu, S. Boeser, C. Ha, K. Rawlins, P. Berghaus, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Jay Gallagher, J. K. Becker, R. Nahnhauer, Q. Swillens, Christian Bohm, Aongus O'Murchadha, James Madsen, Jon Dumm, S. Euler, T. Waldenmaier, Thomas Meures, Joanna Kiryluk, A. Stoessl, M. Kowalski, M. Danninger, T. Kowarik, C. Walck, R. Ström, J. Petrovic, A. Olivas, A. Gross, Ignacio Taboada, Teresa Montaruli, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, K. Andeen, M. V. D'Agostino, Timo Karg, Chris Wendt, M. Stamatikos, Damian Pieloth, M. Labare, P. B. Price, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, M. J. Larson, M. Merck, A. M. Brown, Takao Kuwabara, A. Tamburro, Xinhua Bai, Markus Ahlers, Allan Hallgren, T. O. B. Schmidt, M. Richman, Fabian Kislat, B. Christy, S. Seunarine, R. Porrata, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, T. R. Wood, Seth M. Cohen, N. Milke, George Japaridze, R. J. Lauer, W. Huesnitz, Nathan Whitehorn, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, C. De Clercq, T. Degner, Tim Ruhe, D. Rutledge, M. Walter, Peter Mészáros, O. Engdegård, Kurt Woschnagg, Klas Hultqvist, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, J. A. Goodman, D. Z. Besson, R. Wischnewski, B. Semburg, H. G. Sander, K. Helbing, Markus Ackermann, A. Schultes, Segev BenZvi, Paul Evenson, J. Feintzeig, S. Westerhoff, C. Colnard, Spencer Klein, Aya Ishihara, H. Wissing, A. Marotta, Larissa Paul, Chun Xu, J. Auffenberg, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, M. Stueer, Daniel Bindig, B. Hoffmann, F. Descamps, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Dmitry Chirkin, H. Taavola, K. Beattie, Albrecht Karle, A. Silvestri, Christian Spiering, A. Tepe, A. H. Cruz Silva, Stijn Buitink, A. Piegsa, Ch. Weaver, O. Schulz, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, S. H. Seo, Dariusz Gora, Hermann Kolanoski, R. Franke, K. Han, Elisa Resconi, Alexander Kappes, A. Franckowiak, Matt Dunkman, K. Mase, J. Berdermann, D. Altmann, K. Meagher, Kael Hanson, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, T. Fischer-Wasels, Justin Vandenbroucke, Chad Finley, R. Morse, G. W. Sullivan, Wolfgang Rhode, M. Schunck, D. Berley, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, S. M. Movit, R. Hellauer, T. Abu-Zayyad, Rasha Abbasi, H. Landsman, Dirk Ryckbosch, J. P. Huelss, Martin Wolf, S. Bechet, T. Gluesenkamp, L. Demiroers, M. M. Allen, S. Hussain, Simona Toscano, J. H. Koehne, F. Rothmaier, A. Van Overloop, R. W. Ellsworth, Steven W. Barwick, F. Clevermann, P. Redl, D. J. Koskinen, Donglian Xu, Karen S. Caballero-Mora, Darren Grant, M. Olivo, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, A. Goldschmidth, M. Ribordy, J. P. Yanez, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, F. A. Fedynitch, Jenni Adams, S. Panknin, J. L. Bazo Alba, J. Luenemann, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, J. J. Beatty, S. Tilav, T. Feusels, S. Hickford, A. Schoenwald, J. Dreyer, Subir Sarkar, J. E. Jacobsen, Marcos Santander, R. G. Stokstad, J. Posselt, Y. Abdou, L. Gerhardt, K. Hoshina, L. Koepke, J. W. Nam, Glenn Spiczak, Reina H. Maruyama, D. Bose, E. Jacobi, U. Naumann, Paolo Desiati, K. H. Becker, D. J. Boersma, J. Blumenthal, H. S. Matis, E. A. Strahler, G. C. Hill, Michael J. Baker, L. Gladstone, Dirk Heinen, D. Seckel, S. Miarecki, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, A. Homeier, Christopher Wiebusch, J. Daughhetee, R. C. Bay, J. van Santen, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, M. Krasberg, Olga Botner, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, O. Fadiran, Henrik J. Johansson, S. Yoshida, N. van Eijndhoven, G. Kroll, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, D. Tosi, Gerald Przybylski, M. Zoll, A. Haj Ismail, B. D. Fox, Naoko Kurahashi, D. Bertrand, M. Wallraff, M. Voge, M. Gurtner, S. Odrowski, M. Dierckxsens, B. Ruzybayev, C. Pérez de los Heros, Physics, and Elementary Particle Physics
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Antartica, Generator, Astrophysics, Neutrino telescope, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Antarctica, DeepCore, Detector, IceCube, Neutrino, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), WIMP, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Ice, ICE, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), GENERATOR, Supernova, Air shower, Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, ddc:540, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The IceCube neutrino observatory in operation at the South Pole, Antarctica, comprises three distinct components: a large buried array for ultrahigh energy neutrino detection, a surface air shower array, and a new buried component called DeepCore. DeepCore was designed to lower the IceCube neutrino energy threshold by over an order of magnitude, to energies as low as about 10 GeV. DeepCore is situated primarily 2100 m below the surface of the icecap at the South Pole, at the bottom center of the existing IceCube array, and began taking physics data in May 2010. Its location takes advantage of the exceptionally clear ice at those depths and allows it to use the surrounding IceCube detector as a highly efficient active veto against the principal background of downward-going muons produced in cosmic-ray air showers. DeepCore has a module density roughly five times higher than that of the standard IceCube array, and uses photomultiplier tubes with a new photocathode featuring a quantum efficiency about 35% higher than standard IceCube PMTs. Taken together, these features of DeepCore will increase IceCube's sensitivity to neutrinos from WIMP dark matter annihilations, atmospheric neutrino oscillations, galactic supernova neutrinos, and point sources of neutrinos in the northern and southern skies. In this paper we describe the design and initial performance of DeepCore., Comment: 22 pages, 13 figures
Published: 2012
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5. Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole

Author: T. Denger, H. Taavola, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, K. Han, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, J. J. Beatty, B. Semburg, A. Piegsa, M. Krasberg, C. Pérez de los Heros, H. Wissing, K. Hoshina, L. Koepke, Glenn Spiczak, J. Posselt, Daniel Bindig, S. M. Movit, J. Auffenberg, U. Naumann, S. Yoshida, J. M. Clem, P. Zarzhitsk, A. Van Overloop, Ch. Weaver, Reina H. Maruyama, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, O. Depaepe, P. B. Price, Chad Finley, T. Griesel, M. Ono, S. Stoyanov, K.-H. Becker, J. L. Bazo Alba, Peter Mészáros, M. Kowalski, J. Luenemann, K. Rawlins, T. Feusels, J. E. Jacobsen, Marcos Santander, L. Gerhardt, Larissa Paul, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, D. Bose, T. O. B. Schmidt, M. Danninger, K. Wiebe, T. Fischer-Wasels, James Madsen, A. Schukraft, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, Segev BenZvi, D. Z. Besson, Spencer Klein, T. Kowarik, A. Marotta, Thomas Meures, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, R. C. Bay, J. M. Joseph, M. Ribordy, H. S. Matis, E. A. Strahler, Kurt Woschnagg, N. van Eijndhoven, Dirk Ryckbosch, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Paul Evenson, Teresa Montaruli, P. Roth, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, M. J. Larson, Albrecht Karle, D. Tosi, J. P. Rodrigues, Anatoli Fedynitch, Stijn Buitink, T. Stezelberger, P. Niessen, A. Tamburro, D. Turcan, M. Dierckxsens, Jenni Adams, Christian Spiering, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, Fabian Kislat, Xinhua Bai, S. Boeser, Justin Vandenbroucke, I. Taboada, Francis Halzen, C. Ha, Dmitry Chirkin, Alexander Kappes, R. Morse, K. Mase, J. L. Kelley, O. Fadiran, M. Merck, G. Kroll, Markus Ahlers, K. Meagher, B. D. Fox, Wolfgang Rhode, M. L. Benabderrahmane, J. Dreyer, T. Abu-Zayyad, A. Franckowiak, S. Seunarine, Y. Abdou, Carsten Rott, J. Miller, J. P. Huelss, Ph. Herquet, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, A. Stoessl, M. Bissok, S. Hickford, A. Schoenwald, R. G. Stokstad, D. Rutledge, S. Bechet, R. Porrata, Pratik Majumdar, Gerald Przybylski, J. van Santen, R. Wischnewski, P. Redl, D. Heinen, Xianwu Xu, Martin Wolf, C. Colnard, C. Bohm, K. Laihem, M. Stamatikos, M. Olivo, T. Straszheim, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, D. Bertrand, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, L. Demiroers, J. K. Becker, Takao Kuwabara, Kael Hanson, J. Petrovic, H. G. Sander, B. Christy, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, Chun Xu, F. Rothmaier, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, A. Ishihara, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, A. Schultes, P. Berghaus, Timo Karg, B. Ruzybayev, M. M. Foerster, Rasha Abbasi, M. Wallraff, J. Blumenthal, A. Goldschmidt, S. Euler, M. Voge, J. C. Gallagher, M. Gurtner, Darren Grant, S. Panknin, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, M. Stüer, A. M. Brown, Paolo Desiati, Allan Hallgren, J. A. Goodman, Sandro Kopper, N. Milke, Olga Botner, George Japaridze, O. Engdegård, Aongus O'Murchadha, Elisa Resconi, J. Berdermann, Henrik J. Johansson, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, T. Gluesenkamp, Simona Toscano, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, R. W. Ellsworth, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, Michael J. Baker, J. W. Nam, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, S. H. Seo, Subir Sarkar, D. R. Nygren, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, S. Odrowski, D. J. Boersma, S.J. Lafebre, A. Homeier, Christopher Wiebusch, J. Daughhetee, J. H. Koehne, F. Clevermann, J. P. Yanez, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, Q. Swillens, R. J. Lauer, C. De Clercq, David A. Williams, S. W. Barwick, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, F. Descamps, A. Tepe, R. Franke, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, A. Gross, M. Labare, A. Silvestri, Karen Andeen, R. Nahnhauer, M. Schunck, K. Kuehn, W. Huelsnitz, K. Helbing, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, T. Krings, Hermann Kolanoski, H. Landsman, M. V. D'Agostino, and Elementary Particle Physics
Subjects: Signals, TELESCOPE, Absolute noise level, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, law.invention, IceCube, Telescope, Acoustic neutrino detection, Neutrino flux limit, law, SIGNALS, 0103 physical sciences, WATER, Detection theory, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Acoustic neutrino detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Water, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geodesy, Noise, Neutrino detector, Physics and Astronomy, 13. Climate action, ddc:540, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The detection of acoustic signals from ultra-high energy neutrino interactions is a promising method to measure the tiny flux of cosmogenic neutrinos expected on Earth. The energy threshold for this process depends strongly on the absolute noise level in the target material. The South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS), deployed in the upper part of four boreholes of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, has monitored the noise in Antarctic ice at the geographic South Pole for more than two years down to 500 m depth. The noise is very stable and Gaussian distributed. Lacking an in-situ calibration up to now, laboratory measurements have been used to estimate the absolute noise level in the 10 to 50 kHz frequency range to be smaller than 20 mPa. Using a threshold trigger, sensors of the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup registered acoustic pulse-like events in the IceCube detector volume and its vicinity. Acoustic signals from refreezing IceCube holes and from anthropogenic sources have been used to localize acoustic events. Monte Carlo simulations of sound propagating from the established sources to the SPATS sensors have allowed to check corresponding model expectations. An upper limit on the neutrino flux at energies $E_��> 10^{11}$ GeV is derived from acoustic data taken over eight months., 17 pages, 14 figures
Published: 2012
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6. Erratum: Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data [Phys. Rev. D83, 092003 (2011)]

Author: J. A. Aguilar, Dariusz Gora, T. Denger, H. Taavola, C. Colnard, J.-P. Hülß, A. Tepe, K.-H. Becker, T. Fischer-Wasels, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, J. C. Davis, H. S. Matis, I. Taboada, K. Han, Pratik Majumdar, Thorsten Glusenkamp, A. Tamburro, M. Vehring, A. Piegsa, C. Ha, Marek Kowalski, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, P. B. Price, D. Turcan, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. J. Beatty, T. R. Wood, Paul Evenson, Francis Halzen, X. Bai, H. Landsman, C. B. Finley, J. Auffenberg, Dmitry Chirkin, S. M. Movit, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, Dirk Ryckbosch, R. Ehrlich, O. Fadiran, Q. Swillens, J. Posselt, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Stijn Buitink, D. Heinen, O. Schulz, W. Huelsnitz, S. H. Seo, M. Gurtner, Ch. Weaver, G. Stephens, Henrik J. Johansson, A. Van Overloop, S. Westerhoff, S. Sarkar, K. Helbing, M. Labare, M. Ribordy, P. Zarzhitsky, A. Stössl, J. Petrovic, D. Z. Besson, P. Berghaus, J. van Santen, Carsten Rott, M. Bissok, N. van Eijndhoven, K. Mase, Christian Spiering, S. Euler, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Xianwu Xu, M. Dierckxsens, Axel Groß, Y. Sestayo, Reina H. Maruyama, Surujhdeo Seunarine, A. Marotta, C. Bohm, Justin Vandenbroucke, Damian Pieloth, T. Krings, Chun Xu, D. Hubert, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, J. M. Joseph, A. M. Brown, Paraic A. Kenny, D. Bertrand, M. Ono, E. A. Strahler, B. Christy, Seth M. Cohen, P. Nießen, Larissa Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Ishihara, F. Clevermann, Jenni Adams, P. Herquet, J. L. Bazo Alba, Timo Karg, C. H. Wiebusch, T. Stanev, M. Schunck, K. Schatto, S. R. Klein, Martin Wolf, P. O. Hulth, G. Kohnen, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, L. Köpke, Segev BenZvi, P. Roth, Hermann Kolanoski, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, S. Hickford, M. Stamatikos, R. G. Stokstad, R. J. Lauer, M. Wallraff, M. Voge, B. Semburg, D. Rutledge, R. Wischnewski, J.-H. Köhne, F. Rothmaier, R. Morse, T. Feusels, H. Wissing, K. D. Hoffman, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, C. De Clercq, G. W. Sullivan, J. P. Rodrigues, Darren Grant, Anatoli Fedynitch, James E. Braun, D. Tosi, G. Kroll, Daniel Bindig, T. Straszheim, Marcos Santander, M. Stür, A. Schönwald, O. Depaepe, B. D. Fox, J. W. Nam, T. Stezelberger, K. H. Kampert, K. Wiebe, S. Böser, S. W. Barwick, Wolfgang Rhode, J. S. Miller, K. Beattie, K. Rawlins, S. Stoyanov, K. Meagher, L. Gerhardt, A. Olivas, T. Griesel, S. Odrowski, S. Bechet, C. Wendt, James Madsen, J. Lünemann, D. R. Nygren, A. Goldschmidt, P. Redl, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, R. C. Bay, K. Woschnagg, F. Descamps, Gerald Przybylski, Michael J Larson, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Janet Jacobsen, M. M. Foerster, Teresa Montaruli, Kirill Filimonov, Kael Hanson, R. Franke, C. Walck, J. Blumenthal, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Olga Botner, Anna Franckowiak, Rasha Abbasi, Paolo Desiati, M. Krasberg, S. Yoshida, K. Hoshina, Glenn Spiczak, D. F. Cowen, U. Naumann, A. O'Murchadha, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, S. Panknin, Fabian Kislat, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, Nathan Whitehorn, A. Homeier, J. Daughhetee, A. Karle, B. Ruzybayev, P. Meszaros, Markus Ahlers, R. Porrata, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, A. Schultes, J. M. Clem, Jon Dumm, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, T. Kowarik, N. Milke, George Japaridze, Matthias Danninger, J. D. Eisch, O. Engdegård, M. D. Baker, A. Silvestri, David R. Williams, J. S. Gallagher, Karen Andeen, R. Nahnhauer, Elisa Resconi, J. Berdermann, J. K. Becker, H. G. Sander, Thomas Meures, M. Merck, L. Demirörs, A. R. Fazely, J. L. Kelley, Simona Toscano, R. W. Ellsworth, Allan Hallgren, T. Kuwabara, M. V. D'Agostino, Sandro Kopper, S.J. Lafebre, and A. Rizzo
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Massless particle, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation flux, COSMIC cancer database, Neutrino detector, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Neutrino, Lepton
Published: 2011
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7. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

Author: F. Clevermann, K. Mase, J. Blumenthal, K. Han, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, D. Z. Besson, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, Hg Sander, G. W. Sullivan, H. Wissing, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, Daniel Bindig, Olga Botner, C. Pérez de los Heros, M. Krasberg, T. Straszheim, D. J. Boersma, Rasha Abbasi, S. Panknin, A. Piegsa, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, S. Seunarine, H. Taavola, J. M. Clem, J. M. Joseph, Peter Mészáros, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, P. B. Price, S.J. Lafebre, D. Rutledge, A. Gross, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, T. O. B. Schmidt, Stijn Buitink, S. Yoshida, Joanna Kiryluk, D. Tosi, Ph. Herquet, Timo Karg, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, M. Kowalski, J. Auffenberg, Christian Spiering, O. Depaepe, K. Rawlins, Larissa Paul, S. H. Seo, Gerald Przybylski, R. Morse, M. Danninger, H. S. Matis, K. Hoshina, S. M. Movit, S. Stoyanov, S. Bechet, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, L. Koepke, Thomas Meures, Aongus O'Murchadha, T. Fischer-Wasels, Kael Hanson, Justin Vandenbroucke, Henrik J. Johansson, Glenn Spiczak, Albrecht Karle, James Madsen, A. Van Overloop, K. Beattie, Ch. Weaver, M. Labare, T. Griesel, T. Krings, M. Merck, Dmitry Chirkin, T. Kowarik, A. Silvestri, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, A. Schukraft, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, K. Meagher, O. Fadiran, O. Schulz, Chun Xu, J. W. Nam, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, Martin Wolf, R. C. Bay, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, E. A. Strahler, K. Laihem, J. van Santen, K. Wiebe, U. Naumann, Dirk Ryckbosch, Teresa Montaruli, K. Schatto, P. Redl, K. H. Becker, J. J. Beatty, M. Ono, M. V. D'Agostino, G. Kohnen, D. R. Nygren, A. Tamburro, Chad Finley, F. Rothmaier, N. Milke, George Japaridze, Paolo Desiati, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, B. Voigt, J. L. Bazo Alba, Karen Andeen, T. Gluesenkamp, Simona Toscano, S. Odrowski, Xinhua Bai, O. Engdegård, J. Luenemann, K. H. Kampert, N. van Eijndhoven, T. Abu-Zayyad, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, R. W. Ellsworth, Darren Grant, M. Stamatikos, J. Posselt, Michael J. Baker, L. Demiroers, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, T. Feusels, Hermann Kolanoski, M. Voge, Pratik Majumdar, Carsten Rott, C. Ha, Elisa Resconi, M. J. Larson, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, J. Berdermann, A. Marotta, Kirill Filimonov, J. Miller, J. E. Jacobsen, Marcos Santander, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Fabian Kislat, G. Kroll, J. K. Becker, M. Dierckxsens, L. Gerhardt, R. Nahnhauer, J-P Huelss, Reina H. Maruyama, L. Gladstone, P. Roth, A. Goldschmidt, R. Lehmann, M. Bissok, Subir Sarkar, Segev BenZvi, Spencer Klein, D. Seckel, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, R. Porrata, M. M. Foerster, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Anatoli Fedynitch, J. C. Gallagher, Takao Kuwabara, D. Bertrand, A. Franckowiak, Xianwu Xu, R. Ehrlich, B. Christy, G. Stephens, A. Olivas, A. Ishihara, Allan Hallgren, C. Bohm, S. Westerhoff, A. R. Fazely, O. Tarasova, Tyce DeYoung, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, S. Hussain, Sandro Kopper, D. J. Koskinen, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, A. Schultes, Kara Hoffman, D. Heinen, C. Colnard, H. Landsman, P. Niessen, S. Boeser, Yolanda Sestayo de la Cerra, J. Dreyer, I. Taboada, Y. Abdou, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, Wolfgang Rhode, R. J. Lauer, C. De Clercq, B. D. Fox, P. Berghaus, S. Euler, A. Homeier, David A. Williams, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, A. M. Brown, S. W. Barwick, Christopher Wiebusch, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, J. Daughhetee, F. Descamps, J-H Koehne, A. Tepe, R. Franke, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Q. Swillens, B. Ruzybayev, W. Huelsnitz, K. Helbing, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, M. Ribordy, M. Schunck, Jenni Adams, K. Kuehn, S. Hickford, A. Schoenwald, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, J. Petrovic, M. Olivo, and J. A. Goodman
Subjects: HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, SELECTION, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High-energy neutrinos, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Cosmic ray, Elementary particle, Astrophysics, Particle detector, IceCube, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), SCATTERING, ddc:530, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, SPECTRUM, ICE, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Massless particle, Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino detector, AMANDA-II, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Lepton
Abstract: We report on the first search for atmospheric and for diffuse astrophysical neutrino-induced showers (cascades) in the IceCube detector using 257 days of data collected in the year 2007-2008 with 22 strings active. A total of 14 events with energies above 16 TeV remained after event selections in the diffuse analysis, with an expected total background contribution of $8.3\pm 3.6$. At 90% confidence we set an upper limit of $E^2\Phi_{90%CL}, Comment: 14 pages, 16 figures
Published: 2011
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8. Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data

Author: S. Bechet, T. Abu-Zayyad, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, P. Redl, F. Clevermann, M. Olivo, Pratik Majumdar, B. Ruzybayev, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, A. Piegsa, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, N. Milke, George Japaridze, O. Engdegård, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, Larissa Paul, A. Gross, A. Stössl, Albrecht Karle, A. Schönwald, K. Meagher, Thomas Meures, Elisa Resconi, J. Berdermann, Peter Mészáros, K. Rawlins, A. Homeier, M. Merck, J. Auffenberg, C. Ha, Christopher Wiebusch, M. L. Benabderrahmane, T. Denger, B. D. Fox, J. K. Becker, M. Diercksens, Dariusz Gora, Jon Dumm, Segev BenZvi, H. Taavola, J. Daughhetee, A. Van Overloop, N. van Eijndhoven, P. B. Price, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, Ch. Weaver, K.-H. Becker, J. van Santen, Spencer Klein, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, M. Kowalski, Takao Kuwabara, Q. Swillens, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, K. Hoshina, T. O. B. Schmidt, James Madsen, M. M. Foerster, J. M. Joseph, Aongus O'Murchadha, M. Danninger, T. Fischer-Wasels, B. Christy, J. C. Gallagher, A. Ishihara, Chad Finley, D. Z. Besson, T. R. Wood, Glenn Spiczak, Kara Hoffman, K. Han, R. Ehrlich, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, A. Silvestri, T. Kowarik, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, A. Olivas, U. Naumann, Michael J. Baker, Allan Hallgren, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Stijn Buitink, L. Gladstone, Sandro Kopper, D. Seckel, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, M. Ono, D. Bertrand, M. Voge, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, P. A. Toale, Teresa Montaruli, Karen Andeen, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, Dmitry Chirkin, J. L. Bazo Alba, G. Kroll, A. Tamburro, Anatoli Fedynitch, Wolfgang Rhode, Simona Toscano, Xinhua Bai, S. M. Movit, R. Morse, Dirk Ryckbosch, Christian Spiering, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, R. W. Ellsworth, C. Pérez los de Heros, John Clem, I. Taboada, P. Berghaus, M. Wallraff, Todor Stanev, T. Feusels, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, M. Labare, Ph. Herquet, C. Wendt, Justin Vandenbroucke, J. L. Kelley, M. Gurtner, S. Euler, M. J. Larson, F. Descamps, S. H. Seo, J. E. Jacobsen, D. Heinen, H. Landsman, Marcos Santander, C. Colnard, J.-P. Hülß, R. Nahnhauer, Fabian Kislat, Markus Ahlers, H. G. Sander, A. Tepe, L. Gerhardt, T. Glüsenkamp, Subir Sarkar, J. Dreyer, Carsten Rott, A. Marotta, Kael Hanson, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, A. M. Brown, R. Franke, C. Walck, H. A. B. Johansson, S. Seunarine, J. Miller, Chun Xu, Martin Wolf, H. S. Matis, M. Bissok, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, A. Franckowiak, P. Roth, Y. Abdou, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, D. Rutledge, R. Porrata, D. J. Boersma, L. Köpke, Xianwu Xu, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, F. Rothmaier, D. Turcan, C. Bohm, Francis Halzen, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, M. Ribordy, S.J. Lafebre, L. Demirörs, R. J. Lauer, M. V. D'Agostino, Darren Grant, P. Nießen, Paolo Desiati, M. Stamatikos, P. Zarzhitsky, C. De Clercq, S. Böser, David A. Williams, S. W. Barwick, O. Fadiran, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, A. Goldschmidt, Yolanda Sestayo de la Cerra, T. Griesel, Jenni Adams, K. Wiebe, A. Schultes, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, E. A. Strahler, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, Hermann Kolanoski, J. Petrovic, S. Yoshida, J. A. Goodman, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, T. Straszheim, Timo Karg, Rasha Abbasi, W. Huelsnitz, J. W. Nam, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, K. Helbing, K. Mase, S. Panknin, M. Schunck, O. Depaepe, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, S. Stoyanov, B. Semburg, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, Daniel Bindig, M. Stür, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, J. Lünemann, J. Blumenthal, Olga Botner, R. C. Bay, D. Tosi, Gerald Przybylski, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, J. J. Beatty, J. Posselt, and Reina H. Maruyama
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Rays, Astrophysics, Particle detector, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Spectrum, ddc:530, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, SPECTRUM, COSMIC cancer database, RAYS, Massless particle, Neutrino detector, Physics and Astronomy, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Lepton
Abstract: We report on a search for extremely-high energy neutrinos with energies greater than $10^6$ GeV using the data taken with the IceCube detector at the South Pole. The data was collected between April 2008 and May 2009 with the half completed IceCube array. The absence of signal candidate events in the sample of 333.5 days of livetime significantly improves model independent limit from previous searches and allows to place a limit on the diffuse flux of cosmic neutrinos with an $E^{-2}$ spectrum in the energy range $2.0 \times 10^{6}$ $-$ $6.3 \times 10^{9}$ GeV to a level of $E^2 \phi \leq 3.6 \times 10^{-8}$ ${\rm GeV cm^{-2} sec^{-1}sr^{-1}}$., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. This corresponds to the paper Phys.Rev.D 83, 092003(2011), and its erratum Phys.Rev.D 84, 079902(2011)
Published: 2011
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9. Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice

Author: A. Piegsa, P. Roth, L. Gustafsson, J. L. Kelley, K.-H. Becker, Markus Ahlers, Larissa Paul, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, K. Kuehn, K. Beattie, Albrecht Karle, O. Schulz, K. Meagher, T. Krings, K. Mase, Christian Spiering, R. Porrata, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, E. A. Strahler, A. Schukraft, Delia Tosi, S. Hussain, Timo Karg, B. Semburg, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, J. H. Koehne, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, P. B. Price, Gerald Przybylski, Dirk Ryckbosch, F. Clevermann, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Gross, Dirk Lennarz, Hermann Kolanoski, H. Wissing, A. Schultes, J. M. Clem, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, D. J. Boersma, A. Van Overloop, J. J. Beatty, J. P. Rodrigues, Dj. Koskinen, T. Stezelberger, T. O. B. Schmidt, C. Ha, M. Kowalski, J. P. Yanez, Henrik J. Johansson, M. L. Benabderrahmane, M. Danninger, P. Berghaus, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, S. Panknin, Kurt Woschnagg, F. Rothmaier, Paul Evenson, G. W. Sullivan, S.J. Lafebre, A. Silvestri, S. Euler, M. Stamatikos, Fabian Kislat, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, Darren Grant, H. Landsman, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Takao Kuwabara, T. Kowarik, B. Christy, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Anna Franckowiak, Xinhua Bai, W. Huelsnitz, K. Helbing, Christopher Wiebusch, Dmitry Chirkin, M. V. D'Agostino, K. Schatto, J. Posselt, G. Kohnen, Damian Pieloth, M. Ono, D. Hubert, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, A. Ishihara, Thomas Meures, Karen Andeen, M. Merck, Alexander Kappes, A. Goldschmidt, J. L. Bazo Alba, J. Luenemann, Yolanda Sestayo de la Cerra, L. Demiroers, K. Wiebe, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, R. Nahnhauer, T. Feusels, K. Hoshina, L. Koepke, T. Abu-Zayyad, O. Tarasova, K. Han, J. E. Jacobsen, Glenn Spiczak, Pratik Majumdar, J. K. Becker, Reina H. Maruyama, Carsten Rott, L. Gerhardt, R. Ehrlich, M. Matusik, T. Gluesenkamp, Spencer Klein, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, U. Naumann, Olga Botner, A. Olivas, R. W. Ellsworth, M. Bissok, M. M. Foerster, B. Ruzybayev, R. Ganugapati, Laura C. Bradley, E. Blaufuss, M. R. Duvoort, J. C. Gallagher, D. F. Cowen, Kara Hoffman, R. L. Imlay, S. H. Seo, Xianwu Xu, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, Allan Hallgren, C. Bohm, S. M. Movit, K. Laihem, N. Milke, George Japaridze, David A. Schneider, O. Engdegård, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Michael J. Baker, Elisa Resconi, P. Niessen, L. Gladstone, J. Berdermann, H. S. Matis, D. Seckel, S. Boeser, S. Tilav, I. Taboada, Wolfgang Rhode, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, R. C. Bay, M. Labare, T. Straszheim, J. van Santen, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, D. Turcan, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, S. Bechet, Francis Halzen, P. Redl, P. Zarzhitsky, J. W. Nam, J. P. Huelss, O. Fadiran, Karl-Heinz Kampert, H. G. Sander, Kirill Filimonov, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, Chun Xu, J. M. Joseph, Rasha Abbasi, Peter Mészáros, Stijn Buitink, R. Morse, B. D. Fox, D. Bertrand, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, C. Roucelle, D. Z. Besson, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, J. Auffenberg, Chad Finley, C. Colnard, Jenni Adams, Subir Sarkar, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, A. Slipakaj, R. J. Lauer, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, C. De Clercq, David A. Williams, M. Krasberg, S. W. Barwick, Q. Swillens, S. Yoshida, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, N. van Eijndhoven, M. Ribordy, S. Schlenstedt, G. Kroll, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, R. Lehmann, F. Descamps, Ph. Herquet, A. Tepe, R. Franke, Kael Hanson, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Paolo Desiati, S. Seunarine, D. Rutledge, K. Rawlins, James Madsen, A. Homeier, Teresa Montaruli, M. Schunck, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, University of Gent, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Tuscaloosa), University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa] (UA), University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Wuppertal, University of Delaware [Newark], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Irvine], University of California [Irvine] (UCI), University of California-University of California, University of California, Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Dept. of Astronomy, Science Faculty CP230, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas [Lawrence] (KU), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Stockholm University, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, University Park, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), École Polytechnique Fédérale, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [PennState], Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System-Penn State System, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Utrecht], Utrecht University [Utrecht], Southern University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Physics [Edmonton], University of Alberta, University of Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Christchurch] (DPA), University of Canterbury [Christchurch], Université de Mons (UMons), Chiba University, University of Alaska [Anchorage], University of the West Indies, Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta], Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Acoustic attenuation, Acoustics, Ice, Neutrino astronomy, South Pole, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], ice, FOS: Physical sciences, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], Lambda, 01 natural sciences, neutrino astronomy, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Optics, Spectrum, 0103 physical sciences, acoustics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Attenuation, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Transmitter, Attenuation length, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geodesy, Amplitude, Attenuation coefficient, ddc:540, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, acoustic attenuation
Abstract: Using the South Pole Acoustic Test Setup (SPATS) and a retrievable transmitter deployed in holes drilled for the IceCube experiment, we have measured the attenuation of acoustic signals by South Pole ice at depths between 190 m and 500 m. Three data sets, using different acoustic sources, have been analyzed and give consistent results. The method with the smallest systematic uncertainties yields an amplitude attenuation coefficient alpha = 3.20 \pm 0.57 km^(-1) between 10 and 30 kHz, considerably larger than previous theoretical estimates. Expressed as an attenuation length, the analyses give a consistent result for lambda = 1/alpha of ~1/300 m with 20% uncertainty. No significant depth or frequency dependence has been found., Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, published in Astroparticle Physics, 2010
Published: 2011
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10. Search for dark matter from the Galactic halo with the IceCube neutrino telescope

Author: Christian Spiering, C. Ha, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Justin Vandenbroucke, Albrecht Karle, B. D. Fox, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, K. Meagher, Takao Kuwabara, T. Straszheim, B. Christy, J. J. Beatty, Martin Wolf, A. Ishihara, John Clem, M. Labare, Peter Mészáros, J. Posselt, P. Niessen, Anatoli Fedynitch, A. Piegsa, A. Marotta, Reina H. Maruyama, Segev BenZvi, Rasha Abbasi, Spencer Klein, S. Boeser, I. Taboada, T. Denger, H. Taavola, Aongus O'Murchadha, W. Huelsnitz, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, N. van Eijndhoven, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, M. Dierckxsens, M. Stüer, R. J. Lauer, C. De Clercq, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, J. P. Huelss, K. Helbing, O. Tarasova, L. Demiroers, D. Bertrand, K. H. Kampert, M. Stamatikos, R. Porrata, P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, G. Kroll, David A. Williams, Kara Hoffman, N. Milke, George Japaridze, H. S. Matis, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Michael J. Baker, D. Heinen, C. Colnard, Kurt Woschnagg, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, O. Fadiran, L. Gladstone, Timo Karg, M. Schunck, A. Goldschmidt, A. Schultes, Jon Dumm, D. Seckel, M. Voge, Paul Evenson, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, J. Auffenberg, Dmitry Chirkin, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, M. Kowalski, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, O. Engdegård, A. Van Overloop, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, Elisa Resconi, K. Kuehn, S. H. Seo, M. Danninger, Wolfgang Rhode, Ch. Weaver, F. Rothmaier, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, S. M. Movit, J. Berdermann, T. Kowarik, Karen Andeen, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Chad Finley, S. W. Barwick, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, J. Petrovic, Xinhua Bai, M. Ono, K. Rawlins, P. Roth, J. L. Bazo Alba, P. Berghaus, M. Krasberg, James Madsen, J. Luenemann, D. Z. Besson, S. Euler, T. Griesel, T. Feusels, T. Abu-Zayyad, K. Wiebe, Q. Swillens, Damian Pieloth, B. Ruzybayev, D. Hubert, A. M. Brown, Pratik Majumdar, J. E. Jacobsen, Marcos Santander, L. Gerhardt, A. Rizzo, Teresa Montaruli, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, S. Yoshida, M. Vehring, D. F. Cowen, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, R. Nahnhauer, A. Homeier, S. Bechet, Christopher Wiebusch, R. C. Bay, P. Redl, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, K.-H. Becker, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, F. Descamps, J. Daughhetee, A. Tepe, Kirill Filimonov, T. Fischer-Wasels, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, J. H. Koehne, R. Franke, C. Walck, F. Clevermann, Dirk Ryckbosch, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, J. K. Becker, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, S. Seunarine, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, D. Rutledge, Carsten Rott, B. Semburg, J. Miller, M. Bissok, Ph. Herquet, Xianwu Xu, C. Bohm, H. Wissing, M. M. Foerster, J. C. Gallagher, Daniel Bindig, Kael Hanson, J. van Santen, Allan Hallgren, Sandro Kopper, Paolo Desiati, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, A. Gross, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, M. V. D'Agostino, A. Silvestri, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, K. Mase, Subir Sarkar, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, M. Ribordy, Jenni Adams, S. Hickford, A. Schoenwald, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, S. Panknin, J. W. Nam, J. M. Joseph, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, Thomas Meures, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, M. J. Larson, M. Merck, Fabian Kislat, A. Franckowiak, Stijn Buitink, K. Hoshina, L. Koepke, Glenn Spiczak, R. Morse, U. Naumann, T. Gluesenkamp, Simona Toscano, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, R. W. Ellsworth, D. J. Boersma, S.J. Lafebre, H. G. Sander, Chun Xu, Henrik J. Johansson, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, H. Landsman, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, Yolanda Sestayo de la Cerra, T. Krings, E. A. Strahler, Hermann Kolanoski, D. Tosi, Gerald Przybylski, J. Blumenthal, K. Han, Olga Botner, and Larissa Paul
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, IceCube, Galactic halo, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma-Ray Emission, Hot dark matter, Astronomy, Cosmic-Rays, Dark matter halo, Particles, Neutrino detector, Anisotropy, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Halo, Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract: Self-annihilating or decaying dark matter in the Galactic halo might produce high energy neutrinos detectable with neutrino telescopes. We have conducted a search for such a signal using 276 days of data from the IceCube 22-string configuration detector acquired during 2007 and 2008. The effect of halo model choice in the extracted limit is reduced by performing a search that considers the outer halo region and not the Galactic Center. We constrain any large-scale neutrino anisotropy and are able to set a limit on the dark matter self-annihilation cross section of ⟨σAv⟩≃10-22 cm3 s-1 for weakly interacting massive particle masses above 1 TeV, assuming a monochromatic neutrino line spectrum., Physical Review D ; Volume 84, Issue 2
Published: 2011
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11. Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube

Author: J. W. Nam, Carsten Rott, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Dave Nygren, J. Miller, S. Seunarine, M. Bissok, S. Odrowski, D. Rutledge, Xianwu Xu, John Clem, J. Petrovic, C. Walck, A. Piegsa, K. Singh, D. Z. Besson, Q. Swillens, T. Krings, A. Van Overloop, K. Mase, E. A. Strahler, M. Ono, J. L. Bazo Alba, T. Feusels, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, D. Bertrand, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, J. E. Jacobsen, M. Labare, Marcos Santander, K. Rawlins, S. Hussain, N. van Eijndhoven, C. Ha, L. Gerhardt, Hermann Kolanoski, D. J. Koskinen, M. V. D'Agostino, M. L. Benabderrahmane, O. Depaepe, H. G. Sander, James Madsen, Klas Hultqvist, S. Stoyanov, T. DeYoung, R. Nahnhauer, J. van Santen, P. B. Price, G. Stephens, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, Jay Gallagher, Ignacio Taboada, S. Panknin, S. Westerhoff, S. Bechet, Chun Xu, Anatoli Fedynitch, Thorsten Glusenkamp, O. Tarasova, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, J. M. Joseph, Axel Groß, F. Descamps, M. Wallraff, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, Takao Kuwabara, M. Stamatikos, T. Straszheim, R. Ehrlich, J. Lünemann, M. Gurtner, Teresa Montaruli, C. Pérez de los Heros, A. Tepe, S. Schlenstedt, A. Olivas, B. Christy, P. Redl, Timo Karg, R. C. Bay, Peter Mészáros, G. Kroll, Christian Spiering, R. Franke, T. O. B. Schmidt, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Stijn Buitink, Larissa Paul, M. Ribordy, Tim Ruhe, R. Lehmann, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, Jenni Adams, T. Stezelberger, K. Hoshina, Justin Vandenbroucke, W. Huelsnitz, A. Marotta, Glenn Spiczak, Rasha Abbasi, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, H. Landsman, S. H. Seo, Albrecht Karle, J.-P. Hülß, U. Naumann, R. Morse, D. Berley, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, K. H. Becker, Karl-Heinz Kampert, M. Dierckxsens, S. Hickford, Kurt Woschnagg, Kirill Filimonov, B. Ruzybayev, H. S. Matis, Paul Evenson, R. G. Stokstad, K. Helbing, K. Wiebe, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, P. Berghaus, A. Goldschmidt, R. Wischnewski, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, K. Meagher, F. Clevermann, B. D. Fox, D. Turcan, S. Euler, M. J. Larson, B. Semburg, Francis Halzen, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, P. Zarzhitsky, Fabian Kislat, Dmitry Chirkin, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, Martin Wolf, O. Fadiran, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, H. Taavola, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, C. Colnard, Aya Ishihara, J. J. Beatty, M. Krasberg, J. Auffenberg, R. J. Lauer, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, Christian Bohm, A. Franckowiak, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, T. Abu-Zayyad, Aongus O'Murchadha, J. Posselt, F. Rothmaier, M. Schunck, Ch. Weaver, C. De Clercq, A. Schukraft, Pratik Majumdar, S. Böser, K. Laihem, L. Köpke, Matthias Geisler, Reina H. Maruyama, Segev BenZvi, M. Matusik, Dirk Ryckbosch, S. Yoshida, Chad Finley, Spencer Klein, Darren Grant, Ph. Herquet, G. W. Sullivan, G. C. Hill, D. F. Cowen, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, S. M. Movit, M. R. Duvoort, Michael J. Baker, Kael Hanson, K. Kuehn, P. Roth, Steven W. Barwick, Wolfgang Rhode, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, Paolo Desiati, A. R. Fazely, P. A. Toale, L. Demirörs, P. Nießen, A. Homeier, Christopher Wiebusch, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, M. Kowalski, M. Danninger, T. Kowarik, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, M. Voge, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, R. Porrata, Subir Sarkar, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Thomas Meures, A. Schultes, M. Merck, Karen Andeen, Simona Toscano, R. W. Ellsworth, J. K. Becker, D. J. Boersma, S.J. Lafebre, Chris Wendt, M. M. Foerster, A. Silvestri, Allan Hallgren, J. Blumenthal, N. Milke, George Japaridze, K. Han, O. Engdegård, Olga Botner, Elisa Resconi, Henrik J. Johansson, J. Berdermann, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, D. Tosi, and Gerald Przybylski
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Deep Ice, South-Pole, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), ddc:530, Muon neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Flux, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Optical-Properties, Detector, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Neutrino detector, Measurements of neutrino speed, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Telescopes
Abstract: A measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV was performed using a data sample of about 18,000 up-going atmospheric muon neutrino events in IceCube. Boosted decision trees were used for event selection to reject mis-reconstructed atmospheric muons and obtain a sample of up-going muon neutrino events. Background contamination in the final event sample is less than one percent. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos up to 400 TeV, and is fundamental to understanding the impact of this neutrino background on astrophysical neutrino observations with IceCube. The measured spectrum is consistent with predictions for the atmospheric muon neutrino plus muon antineutrino flux., Comment: 19 pages, 24 figures, added background simulation to distribution plots, clarified a few points in the text
Published: 2010
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12. Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope

Author: T. Straszheim, Ph. Herquet, Rasha Abbasi, J. Petrovic, H. Taavola, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, M. Ono, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, P. B. Price, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, B. Semburg, Aongus O'Murchadha, M. Schunck, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, K. Beattie, D. Tosi, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, J. L. Bazo Alba, N. Milke, O. Schulz, Kael Hanson, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, F. Clevermann, George Japaridze, S. Seunarine, D. Rutledge, Michael J. Baker, T. Feusels, M. Voge, Fabian Kislat, L. Gladstone, T. O. B. Schmidt, D. Seckel, Karen Andeen, O. Engdegård, Larissa Paul, J. M. Joseph, J. E. Jacobsen, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, Marcos Santander, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, M. Ribordy, H. Landsman, K. Rawlins, Peter Mészáros, L. Gerhardt, Gerald Przybylski, G. W. Sullivan, C. Roucelle, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, A. Franckowiak, D. Z. Besson, R. J. Lauer, James Madsen, Stijn Buitink, Paolo Desiati, A. Homeier, R. Porrata, Kurt Woschnagg, K. Kuehn, Christopher Wiebusch, J. W. Nam, C. Ha, A. Piegsa, M. Dierckxsens, Elisa Resconi, S. M. Movit, Paul Evenson, G. Stephens, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. Westerhoff, J. Berdermann, O. Tarasova, K. Hoshina, R. Morse, Teresa Montaruli, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, C. De Clercq, Glenn Spiczak, M. Krasberg, R. Nahnhauer, U. Naumann, J. Dreyer, K. Han, D. R. Nygren, David A. Williams, Christian Spiering, D. Bertrand, A. Schultes, J. M. Clem, Jon Dumm, Jenni Adams, Dmitry Chirkin, Dirk Lennarz, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, S. Bechet, S. W. Barwick, Y. Abdou, S. Odrowski, S. Knops, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, M. Labare, S. Yoshida, Takao Kuwabara, A. Van Overloop, H. G. Sander, Albrecht Karle, Olga Botner, Subir Sarkar, Justin Vandenbroucke, S. Hussain, R. Wischnewski, P. Redl, L. Demirörs, B. Ruzybayev, A. Marotta, D. J. Koskinen, N. van Eijndhoven, J. van Santen, S. Hickford, B. Christy, Chun Xu, A. Ishihara, R. G. Stokstad, M. Danninger, W. Huelsnitz, P. Roth, Axel Groß, M. Wallraff, T. Kowarik, M. Kowalski, Q. Swillens, Martin Wolf, K. Helbing, M. Gurtner, S. Schlenstedt, A. Silvestri, Henrik J. Johansson, G. Kroll, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. K. Becker, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, R. Lehmann, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, K. Mase, K. Meagher, Pratik Majumdar, B. D. Fox, P. Berghaus, F. Rothmaier, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, M. M. Foerster, J. C. Gallagher, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, S. Böser, S. H. Seo, S. Euler, J.-P. Hülß, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, Allan Hallgren, H. S. Matis, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, D. F. Cowen, J. P. Rodrigues, S. Panknin, T. Stezelberger, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, Damian Pieloth, M. V. D'Agostino, D. Hubert, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, F. Descamps, P. Zarzhitsky, A. Tepe, R. Franke, O. Fadiran, C. Pérez de los Heros, C. Walck, L. Köpke, Segev BenZvi, M. Matusik, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Spencer Klein, T. Krings, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, E. A. Strahler, Timo Karg, M. Stamatikos, Wolfgang Rhode, Hermann Kolanoski, G. Wikström, A. Goldschmidt, T. Griesel, K. Wiebe, T. Glüsenkamp, Carsten Rott, J. Miller, K.-H. Becker, M. Bissok, Xianwu Xu, C. Bohm, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Dirk Ryckbosch, I. Taboada, M. R. Duvoort, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, P. Nießen, J. Auffenberg, Ch. Weaver, J. J. Beatty, Nathan Whitehorn, Chad Finley, J. Posselt, Reina H. Maruyama, Laura C. Bradley, C. Colnard, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, J. Lünemann, R. C. Bay, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, D. J. Boersma, S.J. Lafebre, Thomas Meures, M. Merck, A. R. Fazely, S. Cohen, Simona Toscano, R. W. Ellsworth, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: FLUX, HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS, SELECTION, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Field (physics), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Limits, DEEP, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Magnetic monopole, Flux, Field, Astrophysics, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], LIMITS, 0103 physical sciences, DETECTORS, ddc:530, FIELD, 010306 general physics, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), Engineering (miscellaneous), Selection, Cherenkov radiation, Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Detector, ICE, Ice, Deep, Detectors, MODEL, High-Energy Neutrinos, Physics and Astronomy, 13. Climate action, Beta (plasma physics), Speed of light, Model
Abstract: We present the search for Cherenkov signatures from relativistic magnetic monopoles in data taken with the AMANDA-II detector, a neutrino telescope deployed in the Antarctic ice cap at the Geographic South Pole. The non-observation of a monopole signal in data collected during the year 2000 improves present experimental limits on the flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles: Our flux limit varies between 3.8x10(-17) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) (for monopoles moving at the vacuum speed of light) and 8.8x10(-16) cm(-2) s(-1) sr(-1) (for monopoles moving at a speed beta=v/c=0.76, just above the Cherenkov threshold in ice). These limits apply to monopoles that are energetic enough to penetrate the Earth and enter the detector from below the horizon. The limit obtained for monopoles reaching the detector from above the horizon is less stringent by roughly an order of magnitude, due to the much larger background from down-going atmospheric muons. This looser limit is however valid for a larger class of magnetic monopoles, since the monopoles are not required to pass through the Earth.
Published: 2010
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13. Limits on a muon flux from Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilations in the Sun from the IceCube 22-string detector

Author: C. Pérez de los Heros, B. D. Fox, T. Krings, Jenni Adams, J.-P. Hülß, E. Blaufuss, N. van Eijndhoven, D. Bertrand, J. Tooker, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, H. S. Matis, R. Gozzini, J. W. Nam, Hermann Kolanoski, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, A. Tepe, C. Roucelle, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, Thomas Meures, M. Schunck, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, M. C. Stoufer, S. Schlenstedt, D. Turcan, N. Milke, Francis Halzen, George Japaridze, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, R. Ehrlich, S. M. Movit, Laura C. Bradley, M. Merck, K. Wiebe, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, G. Kroll, B. Semburg, C. Terranova, H. Wissing, A. Olivas, P. Roth, O. Fadiran, M. R. Duvoort, R. Lehmann, R. Wischnewski, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, D. Rutledge, S. Panknin, R. Porrata, K. Rawlins, P. Berghaus, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, Ph. Herquet, O. Engdegård, K. Kuehn, Carsten Rott, T. Straszheim, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Christopher Wiebusch, Q. Swillens, Fabian Kislat, Karen Andeen, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, M. Bissok, J. M. Clem, S. Euler, D. Z. Besson, K. Beattie, Jon Dumm, J. van Santen, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, Timo Karg, Kael Hanson, M. Danninger, O. Schulz, Y. Hasegawa, Xianwu Xu, T. Abu-Zayyad, S. Seunarine, L. Demirörs, T. Kowarik, A. Homeier, J. Lünemann, Elisa Resconi, Dirk Lennarz, E. Middell, H. Landsman, R. W. Ellsworth, Elisa Bernardini, R. Nahnhauer, A. Tamburro, C. Bohm, K. Mase, B. Voigt, P. Nießen, Johan Lundberg, Pratik Majumdar, K.-H. Becker, J. Berdermann, Rasha Abbasi, M. Ribordy, Xinhua Bai, Teresa Montaruli, J. Dreyer, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, R. C. Bay, Y. Abdou, B. Ruzybayev, Damian Pieloth, R. L. Imlay, Peter Mészáros, J. Petrovic, M. V. D'Agostino, D. Hubert, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, R. M. Gunasingha, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, W. Huelsnitz, Subir Sarkar, Paolo Desiati, David A. Schneider, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, C. Ha, J. J. Beatty, T. Castermans, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Dirk Ryckbosch, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, Michael J. Baker, D. F. Cowen, Larissa Paul, K. Helbing, D. Breder, D. J. Boersma, L. Gladstone, C. T. Day, K. Hoshina, D. Seckel, P. B. Price, R. J. Lauer, L. Köpke, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, A. Silvestri, M. Stamatikos, M. Krasberg, Glenn Spiczak, E. A. Strahler, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, C. De Clercq, I. Taboada, David A. Williams, Albrecht Karle, S.J. Lafebre, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Spencer Klein, T. O. B. Schmidt, C. P. McParland, Reina H. Maruyama, Jens Madsen, S. W. Barwick, A. Wiedemann, O. Tarasova, K. Meagher, J. Auffenberg, M. Kowalski, Todor Stanev, Takao Kuwabara, C. Wendt, A. Goldschmidt, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, J. K. Becker, W. R. Edwards, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, S. Hussain, Kurt Woschnagg, D. J. Koskinen, Paul Evenson, R. Franke, C. Walck, A. Lucke, M. M. Foerster, Christian Spiering, B. Christy, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Wolfgang Rhode, J. C. Gallagher, J. M. Joseph, Allan Hallgren, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, S. Bechet, S. Yoshida, A. Ishihara, J. Bolmont, R. Morse, P. Redl, Dmitry Chirkin, Chad Finley, S. Knops, Alexander Kappes, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, Justin Vandenbroucke, F. Rothmaier, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, H. G. Sander, Chun Xu, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, D. Tosi, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, M. Labare, Henrik J. Johansson, Axel Groß, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Anna Franckowiak, S. H. Seo, N. Potthoff, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, M. Ono, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Han, T. Feusels, Olga Botner, J. E. Jacobsen, L. Gerhardt, A. Piegsa, S. J. Patton, A. Van Overloop, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Solar neutrino, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Cosmic rays, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Annihilation, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Massless particle, Neutrino detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Other gauge bosons, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Lepton
Abstract: A search for muon neutrinos from Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the 22-string configuration of the IceCube neutrino detector using data collected in 104.3 days of live-time in 2007. No excess over the expected atmospheric background has been observed. Upper limits have been obtained on the annihilation rate of captured lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP) WIMPs in the Sun and converted to limits on the LKP-proton cross-sections for LKP masses in the range 250 -- 3000 GeV. These results are the most stringent limits to date on LKP annihilation in the Sun., 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2010
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14. First search for extremely high energy cosmogenic neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

Author: Henrik J. Johansson, Laura C. Bradley, F. Clevermann, O. Depaepe, D. Z. Besson, Peter Mészáros, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, S. Stoyanov, H. Landsman, K.-H. Becker, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, G. W. Sullivan, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, J. Lünemann, R. C. Bay, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, O. Tarasova, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, N. Milke, George Japaridze, T. Glüsenkamp, M. Schunck, Carsten Rott, C. Ha, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Takao Kuwabara, T. Straszheim, B. Christy, O. Engdegård, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, M. Ribordy, Christian Spiering, Dirk Ryckbosch, R. Porrata, K. Han, J. Miller, M. Bissok, P. B. Price, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, Olga Botner, T. O. B. Schmidt, Jenni Adams, M. Krasberg, Elisa Resconi, Todor Stanev, K. Kuehn, J. Berdermann, Rasha Abbasi, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, M. Stamatikos, A. Schultes, C. Colnard, T. Krings, C. Wendt, M. Labare, D. J. Boersma, E. A. Strahler, J. Auffenberg, S. Hickford, F. Descamps, Xianwu Xu, J. M. Clem, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, D. Tosi, S. Yoshida, J.-P. Hülß, A. Tepe, R. G. Stokstad, P. Roth, Joanna Kiryluk, Axel Groß, Dirk Lennarz, Hermann Kolanoski, F. Rothmaier, J. J. Beatty, M. Danninger, R. Franke, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, A. Goldschmidt, Chad Finley, Ph. Herquet, B. Ruzybayev, S.J. Lafebre, A. Silvestri, H. S. Matis, A. Ishihara, C. Walck, R. L. Imlay, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, T. Kowarik, J. Posselt, Dmitry Chirkin, Alexander Kappes, Gerald Przybylski, Kael Hanson, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Karen Andeen, Fabian Kislat, M. R. Duvoort, Christian Bohm, S. R. Klein, David A. Schneider, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, Thomas Meures, C. Roucelle, D. Berley, M. Merck, W. Huelsnitz, G. C. Hill, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, Reina H. Maruyama, T. Abu-Zayyad, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, S. H. Seo, Pratik Majumdar, K. Helbing, O. Fadiran, R. Nahnhauer, Paolo Desiati, Michael J. Baker, J. van Santen, N. van Eijndhoven, L. Gladstone, M. Kowalski, Timo Karg, L. Demirörs, D. Seckel, P. Nießen, J. K. Becker, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, R. J. Lauer, R. Ganugapati, P. A. Toale, R. W. Ellsworth, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, S. Schlenstedt, D. F. Cowen, G. Kroll, M. Ono, H. G. Sander, P. Berghaus, C. De Clercq, R. Lehmann, A. Franckowiak, A. Homeier, David A. Williams, Subir Sarkar, J. L. Bazo Alba, Christopher Wiebusch, M. M. Foerster, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, D. Bertrand, J. C. Gallagher, K. Wiebe, S. Euler, R. Wischnewski, Allan Hallgren, S. Hussain, T. Feusels, Chun Xu, Larissa Paul, S. W. Barwick, Q. Swillens, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, J. E. Jacobsen, I. Taboada, D. J. Koskinen, Albrecht Karle, L. Gerhardt, K. Meagher, A. Piegsa, S. M. Movit, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, S. Bechet, P. Redl, K. Hoshina, M. Wallraff, Glenn Spiczak, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, M. Gurtner, M. Matusik, A. Van Overloop, U. Naumann, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Wolfgang Rhode, J. M. Joseph, B. D. Fox, Stijn Buitink, R. Morse, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, K. Rawlins, James Madsen, Teresa Montaruli, K. Mase, S. Böser, S. Seunarine, S. Panknin, D. Rutledge, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, J. W. Nam, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, M. V. D'Agostino, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Elementary particle, Astrophysics, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 01 natural sciences, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], cosmic rays, Spectrum, muon, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, pion, and other elementary particles, Cosmic-Rays, Massless particle, Neutrino detector, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Lepton, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We report on the results of the search for extremely-high energy (EHE) neutrinos with energies above $10^7$ GeV obtained with the partially ($\sim$30%) constructed IceCube in 2007. From the absence of signal events in the sample of 242.1 days of effective livetime, we derive a 90% C.L. model independent differential upper limit based on the number of signal events per energy decade at $E^2 \phi_{\nu_e+\nu_\mu+\nu_\tau}\simeq 1.4 \times 10^{-6}$ GeV cm$^{-2}$ sec$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ for neutrinos in the energy range from $3\times10^7$ to $3\times10^9$ GeV., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Published: 2010
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15. The energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos between 2 and 200 TeV with the AMANDA-II detector

Author: Laura C. Bradley, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, M. R. Duvoort, S. Seunarine, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, J. Lünemann, Peter Mészáros, J. van Santen, R. C. Bay, D. Rutledge, P. Nießen, H. G. Sander, D. Z. Besson, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Chun Xu, P. Roth, J. K. Becker, J. L. Kelley, G. Stephens, Markus Ahlers, S. Westerhoff, S. Bechet, J.-P. Hülß, Jens Madsen, O. Tarasova, J. M. Joseph, M. Krasberg, Stijn Buitink, K. Rawlins, R. Porrata, P. Redl, C. Ha, R. Morse, H. Landsman, J. Auffenberg, Q. Swillens, K. Hoshina, S. Yoshida, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, M. M. Foerster, J. C. Gallagher, H. S. Matis, D. Turcan, Glenn Spiczak, F. Rothmaier, Henrik J. Johansson, Nathan Whitehorn, Matthias Geisler, T. Glüsenkamp, K. Hultqvist, M. Stamatikos, M. V. D'Agostino, M. L. Benabderrahmane, A. Schultes, A. Homeier, Allan Hallgren, Darren Grant, Teresa Montaruli, M. Ono, Francis Halzen, P. Zarzhitsky, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. L. Bazo Alba, Pratik Majumdar, O. Fadiran, U. Naumann, Larissa Paul, A. Silvestri, Carsten Rott, R. Ganugapati, M. Schunck, Ph. Herquet, J. M. Clem, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, T. Feusels, D. F. Cowen, P. B. Price, Christian Spiering, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, T. Krings, E. A. Strahler, Karen Andeen, J. E. Jacobsen, Subir Sarkar, M. Bissok, K. Münich, F. Clevermann, P. Berghaus, A. Goldschmidt, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Albrecht Karle, S. Panknin, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, N. Milke, George Japaridze, O. Engdegård, T. O. B. Schmidt, Takao Kuwabara, L. Gerhardt, Hermann Kolanoski, A. Piegsa, S. Euler, J. J. Beatty, M. Kowalski, M. Danninger, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, B. Christy, Fabian Kislat, Xianwu Xu, K.-H. Becker, K. Kuehn, T. Kowarik, Dmitry Chirkin, A. Ishihara, F. Descamps, Alexander Kappes, E. Blaufuss, Anna Franckowiak, R. Nahnhauer, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Chad Finley, Damian Pieloth, D. J. Boersma, R. L. Imlay, C. Bohm, A. Tepe, D. Hubert, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Elisa Resconi, J. Posselt, J. Berdermann, K. Meagher, A. Tamburro, Dirk Lennarz, G. W. Sullivan, B. Voigt, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, A. Van Overloop, Xinhua Bai, R. Franke, C. Walck, Jenni Adams, S.J. Lafebre, L. Köpke, S. M. Movit, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, K. Schatto, Reina H. Maruyama, W. Huelsnitz, M. Matusik, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, Spencer Klein, J. P. Rodrigues, S. Hickford, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, Anatoli Fedynitch, Thomas Meures, K. Helbing, Dirk Ryckbosch, G. Kohnen, R. Wischnewski, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, M. Merck, M. Ribordy, R. J. Lauer, I. Taboada, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, Wolfgang Rhode, Tim Ruhe, C. De Clercq, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, A. R. Fazely, S. Böser, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, David A. Williams, S. H. Seo, S. W. Barwick, D. Tosi, C. Colnard, C. Pérez de los Heros, M. Labare, S. Cohen, Axel Groß, Timo Karg, R. W. Ellsworth, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, K. Wiebe, Gerald Przybylski, K. Han, Olga Botner, B. D. Fox, D. Bertrand, M. Wallraff, M. Gurtner, C. Roucelle, K. Mase, Christopher Wiebusch, L. Demirörs, B. Ruzybayev, J. W. Nam, Kael Hanson, David A. Schneider, D. R. Nygren, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Paolo Desiati, Michael J. Baker, N. van Eijndhoven, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, S. Schlenstedt, S. Odrowski, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, G. Kroll, T. Straszheim, R. Lehmann, Rasha Abbasi, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, University of Gent, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Christchurch] (DPA), University of Canterbury [Christchurch], University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Wuppertal, University of Delaware [Newark], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Irvine], University of California [Irvine] (UCI), University of California-University of California, University of California, Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Dept. of Astronomy, Science Faculty CP230, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas [Lawrence] (KU), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Stockholm University, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, University Park, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), École Polytechnique Fédérale, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [PennState], Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System-Penn State System, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Utrecht], Utrecht University [Utrecht], Southern University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Physics [Edmonton], University of Alberta, Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Université de Mons (UMons), Chiba University, University of Alaska [Anchorage], University of the West Indies, Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Tuscaloosa), University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa] (UA), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Particle physics, AMANDA, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Atmospheric neutrinos, Cherenkov radiation, Neural net, Unfolding, neural net, FOS: Physical sciences, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, unfolding, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, atmospheric neutrinos, Cosmic neutrino background, Neutrino detector, ddc:540, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Neutrino astronomy, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The muon and anti-muon neutrino energy spectrum is determined from 2000-2003 AMANDA telescope data using regularised unfolding. This is the first measurement of atmospheric neutrinos in the energy range 2 - 200 TeV. The result is compared to different atmospheric neutrino models and it is compatible with the atmospheric neutrinos from pion and kaon decays. No significant contribution from charm hadron decays or extraterrestrial neutrinos is detected. The capabilities to improve the measurement of the neutrino spectrum with the successor experiment IceCube are discussed., Comment: submitted to Astroparticle Physics
Published: 2010
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16. Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

Author: J. Auffenberg, Anatoli Fedynitch, Ch. Weaver, Chad Finley, Larissa Paul, C. Colnard, Henrik J. Johansson, M. Schunck, K. Mase, T. Glüsenkamp, T. Abu-Zayyad, M. V. D'Agostino, S. Hussain, Segev BenZvi, P. Roth, Carsten Rott, M. Matusik, D. J. Koskinen, T. Straszheim, Pratik Majumdar, J. Miller, M. Bissok, Spencer Klein, M. Krasberg, K. H. Kampert, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, S. Böser, S. Seunarine, Xianwu Xu, D. Z. Besson, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, K. Kuehn, F. Rothmaier, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, M. Dierckxsens, C. Bohm, M. Ono, Karen Andeen, J. Lünemann, S. H. Seo, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, Albrecht Karle, K. Meagher, M. Voge, D. Rutledge, D. Bertrand, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, R. C. Bay, M. Stamatikos, D. F. Cowen, K. Hoshina, R. J. Lauer, S. Yoshida, S. Panknin, Nathan Whitehorn, Darren Grant, D. Tosi, J. L. Bazo Alba, J.-P. Hülß, Glenn Spiczak, M. Ribordy, H. Taavola, P. B. Price, Ph. Herquet, Rasha Abbasi, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, C. De Clercq, H. S. Matis, U. Naumann, M. Kowalski, E. Blaufuss, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. C. Davis, F. Clevermann, R. Nahnhauer, M. Wallraff, K. Rawlins, David A. Williams, J. J. Beatty, T. Feusels, I. Taboada, Kael Hanson, J. K. Becker, J. W. Nam, W. Huelsnitz, M. Gurtner, Gerald Przybylski, Timo Karg, D. Turcan, S. W. Barwick, Francis Halzen, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, D. R. Nygren, J. E. Jacobsen, A. Goldschmidt, Kurt Woschnagg, Marcos Santander, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, P. Zarzhitsky, C. Ha, O. Fadiran, M. J. Larson, Fabian Kislat, C. Pérez de los Heros, S. Odrowski, Paul Evenson, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. D. Fox, J. Posselt, K. Helbing, Christian Spiering, M. L. Benabderrahmane, L. Gerhardt, G. W. Sullivan, N. Kemming, M. M. Foerster, Todor Stanev, Paolo Desiati, James Madsen, J. P. Rodrigues, Wolfgang Rhode, S. M. Movit, A. Piegsa, B. Semburg, C. Wendt, James E. Braun, Justin Vandenbroucke, T. Stezelberger, J. Blumenthal, A. Franckowiak, R. Porrata, N. van Eijndhoven, Dmitry Chirkin, J. C. Gallagher, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, K. Han, D. Bose, Alexander Kappes, Reina H. Maruyama, K.-H. Becker, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, F. Descamps, S. Schlenstedt, M. Labare, Peter Mészáros, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, Takao Kuwabara, A. Tepe, K. Wiebe, G. Kroll, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Olga Botner, Allan Hallgren, R. Lehmann, B. Christy, R. Franke, Martin Wolf, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Seth M. Cohen, C. Walck, A. Schultes, J. Dreyer, A. Ishihara, J. M. Clem, Y. Abdou, A. Marotta, Jon Dumm, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, M. Prikockis, N. Milke, George Japaridze, Dirk Ryckbosch, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, S. Bechet, A. Van Overloop, O. Engdegård, Q. Swillens, A. Silvestri, Teresa Montaruli, M. Danninger, M. R. Duvoort, T. Kowarik, T. Krings, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, J. van Santen, E. A. Strahler, O. Tarasova, P. Redl, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Hermann Kolanoski, Xinhua Bai, P. Nießen, H. Landsman, Elisa Resconi, Axel Groß, J. Berdermann, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, Subir Sarkar, Kirill Filimonov, D. J. Boersma, P. Berghaus, S.J. Lafebre, Thomas Meures, M. Merck, S. Euler, L. Demirörs, Simona Toscano, R. W. Ellsworth, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, B. Ruzybayev, J. M. Joseph, Stijn Buitink, A. Homeier, R. Morse, Christopher Wiebusch, Aongus O'Murchadha, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Jenni Adams, Michael J. Baker, S. Hickford, L. Gladstone, H. G. Sander, R. G. Stokstad, D. Seckel, R. Wischnewski, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, Chun Xu, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, J. Petrovic, K. Singh, M. Olivo, and J. A. Goodman
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Solar neutrino, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Standard Model, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Sidereal time, Measurements of neutrino speed, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Neutrino oscillation
Abstract: A search for sidereal modulation in the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos in IceCube was performed. Such a signal could be an indication of Lorentz-violating physics. Neutrino oscillation models, derivable from extensions to the Standard Model, allow for neutrino oscillations that depend on the neutrino's direction of propagation. No such direction-dependent variation was found. A discrete Fourier transform method was used to constrain the Lorentz and CPT-violating coefficients in one of these models. Due to the unique high energy reach of IceCube, it was possible to improve constraints on certain Lorentz-violating oscillations by three orders of magnitude with respect to limits set by other experiments., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Revision updates a reference and adds a comment on the 120 degree zenith restriction
Published: 2010
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17. Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the sun with the IceCube 22-string detector

Author: E. Blaufuss, Jenni Adams, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, J.-P. Hülß, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Schlenstedt, H. S. Matis, Dirk Ryckbosch, D. Rutledge, R. Wischnewski, H. Leich, D. Turcan, S. M. Movit, Francis Halzen, O. Fadiran, P. Berghaus, Christopher Wiebusch, J. W. Nam, S. Euler, J. Petrovic, M. V. D'Agostino, Albrecht Karle, R. M. Gunasingha, D. R. Nygren, K. Rawlins, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, James Madsen, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Teresa Montaruli, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, M. R. Duvoort, S. Odrowski, Marek Kowalski, P. Roth, J. J. Beatty, A. Piegsa, H. Landsman, M. Krasberg, Joanna Kiryluk, Karen Andeen, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, A. Wiedemann, Christian Bohm, K. Hoshina, Glenn Spiczak, M. Danninger, C. T. Day, David A. Schneider, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, L. Köpke, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, F. Descamps, D. Breder, H. Miyamoto, K. Meagher, Reina H. Maruyama, N. Milke, George Japaridze, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, E. A. Strahler, M. Schunck, K. Mase, T. Kowarik, S. Yoshida, W. R. Edwards, Y. Hasegawa, A. Mohr, Laura C. Bradley, Spencer Klein, Michael J. Baker, S. J. Patton, K. H. Becker, R. Franke, O. Depaepe, M. Tluczykont, L. Gladstone, P. Nießen, R. Nahnhauer, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, B. Voigt, S. Stoyanov, O. Engdegård, C. Walck, A. Lucke, P. B. Price, Peter Mészáros, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, P. A. Toale, S. Grullon, R. Gozzini, Xinhua Bai, John Clem, T. Straszheim, K. Kuehn, S. Seunarine, M. Stamatikos, Carsten Rott, J. Lünemann, D. J. Boersma, R. C. Bay, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Q. Swillens, S. Panknin, Fabian Kislat, A. Tepe, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, Ph. Herquet, Kael Hanson, C. P. McParland, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, O. Tarasova, T. O. B. Schmidt, M. Bissok, Dirk Lennarz, D. Z. Besson, A. Van Overloop, E. Middell, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, K. Beattie, Wolfgang Rhode, R. Porrata, S. Böser, A. Goldschmidt, Xianwu Xu, Kurt Woschnagg, O. Schulz, C. Roucelle, Elisa Bernardini, R. L. Imlay, Christian Spiering, Konstancja Satalecka, Paul Evenson, M. Ono, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, Elisa Resconi, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, K. Münich, W. Huelsnitz, J. L. Bazo Alba, Paolo Desiati, J. P. Rodrigues, J. Berdermann, M. Ribordy, S. Bechet, K. Helbing, H. G. Sander, T. Stezelberger, S. Hussain, Chad Finley, D. Bertrand, Dmitry Chirkin, J. K. Becker, T. Feusels, S. Klepser, T. Castermans, Alexander Kappes, J. E. Jacobsen, F. Rothmaier, P. Redl, Rasha Abbasi, L. Gerhardt, R. J. Lauer, C. Ha, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, M. M. Foerster, A. Silvestri, Timo Karg, Nathan Whitehorn, I. Taboada, Aya Ishihara, J. Auffenberg, C. De Clercq, T. Burgess, J. Dreyer, J. C. Gallagher, Y. Abdou, S.J. Lafebre, M. L. Benabderrahmane, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, M. Gurtner, David A. Williams, Markus Ackermann, Allan Hallgren, S. W. Barwick, Johan Lundberg, Pratik Majumdar, B. D. Fox, R. Ehrlich, Paraic A. Kenny, Takao Kuwabara, B. Christy, Seth M. Cohen, D. Seckel, J. Bolmont, Karl-Heinz Kampert, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, Kirill Filimonov, A. Olivas, D. F. Cowen, J. M. Joseph, R. Morse, Subir Sarkar, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, C. Terranova, M. Merck, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, H. Wissing, L. Demirörs, R. W. Ellsworth, S. H. Seo, Hermann Kolanoski, M. Labare, K. Han, Axel Groß, Olga Botner, Henrik J. Johansson, Anna Franckowiak, N. Potthoff, G. Kohnen, D. Tosi, N. van Eijndhoven, Gerald Przybylski, and M. Inaba
Subjects: Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, WIMP, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:550, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Neutrino Telescope, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Muon, Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: A search for muon neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the IceCube 22-string neutrino detector using data collected in 104.3 days of live-time in 2007. No excess over the expected atmospheric background has been observed. Upper limits have been obtained on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun and converted to limits on the WIMP-proton cross-sections for WIMP masses in the range 250 - 5000 GeV. These results are the most stringent limits to date on neutralino annihilation in the Sun., 5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Published: 2009
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18. The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

Author: Chris Wendt, Spencer Klein, Subir Sarkar, J. M. Joseph, A. Laundrie, Chad Finley, D. Bertrand, Ignacio Taboada, C. P. McParland, Albrecht Karle, J. Ludvig, A. Silvestri, E. Kujawski, P. B. Price, T. O. B. Schmidt, S. Klepser, H. Kawai, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Peter Mészáros, Karen Andeen, J. Ahrens, K. Mase, K. Meagher, Kurt Woschnagg, Paul Evenson, Henrik J. Johansson, A. Goldschmidt, J. Pretz, M. Danninger, Wolfgang Rhode, J. L. Kelley, Todor Stanev, Dawn Williams, W. Huelsnitz, K. Hoshina, A. Piegsa, Aya Ishihara, Markus Ahlers, M. M. Foerster, Dmitry Chirkin, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Alexander Kappes, M. Gurtner, K. Helbing, Glenn Spiczak, S. Kleinfelder, Kael Hanson, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, R. Morse, B. Hughey, Anna Franckowiak, N. Potthoff, Jay Gallagher, K. H. Becker, Allan Hallgren, A. Meli, Steven W. Barwick, Johan Lundberg, T. Waldenmaier, J. W. Nam, M. Ribordy, R. Porrata, C. Vogt, B. D. Fox, P. Berghaus, J. Auffenberg, S. Euler, K. Laihem, K. Rawlins, Damian Pieloth, George Japaridze, D. Hubert, C. Walck, S. J. Patton, Reina H. Maruyama, M. Labare, D. Z. Besson, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Chance W. Lewis, Paolo Desiati, R. Franke, K. Münich, A. Lucke, K. Kuehn, W. R. Edwards, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, O. Engdegård, Chinh Vu, Dirk Ryckbosch, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. E. Sopher, D. F. Cowen, S. Stoyanov, D. Glowacki, A. Groß, H. F. Chen, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, Carsten Rott, K. Han, H. Wissing, C. Ha, M. Merck, A. Mohr, James Madsen, Soebur Razzaque, T. DeYoung, S. Hussain, L. Köpke, Dave Nygren, R. Nahnhauer, M. Hellwig, A. Van Overloop, Elisa Resconi, C. Roucelle, B. Bingham, Nathan Whitehorn, R. Gozzini, S. Schlenstedt, P. Herquet, S. Odrowski, Marek Kowalski, T. Straszheim, H. S. Matis, R.H. Minor, Joanna Kiryluk, E. Blaufuss, Olga Botner, H. G. Sander, D. Wharton, M. R. Duvoort, A. J. Smith, A. Tepe, O. Tarasova, R. L. Imlay, C. Wiedemann, W.J. Robbins, Julia Becker, D. Turcan, M. Ono, Teresa Montaruli, S. Westerhof, P. Sandstrom, Francis Halzen, T. Burgess, P. Redl, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, B. Christy, R. W. Ellsworth, J. Dreyer, H. Landsman, J. L. Bazo Alba, O. Fadiran, S. Grullon, V. Viscomi, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, S. Panknin, F. Rothmaier, J. Bolmont, G. Kohnen, D. Breeder, T. Kowarik, O. Depaepe, J.-P. Hülß, D. Leier, D. Tosi, M. Krasberg, Fabian Kislat, T. Messarius, J. P. Rodrigues, J. Lünemann, T. Stezelberger, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, James E. Braun, M. V. D'Agostino, B. Voigt, Darren Grant, T. Feusels, Q. Swillens, M. Baker, L. Demirörs, N. van Eijndhoven, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, C. Song, W. Carithers, J. E. Jacobsen, R. Hardtke, G. W. Sullivan, S. Tilav, Xinhua Bai, M. Olivo, Klas Hultqvist, R. C. Bay, L. Gerhardt, H. Waldmann, C. T. Day, A. Mokhtarani, R. J. Lauer, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, S. Yoshida, S. Seunarine, Christian Spiering, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, E. A. Strahler, S. Böser, M. C. Stoufer, C. De Clercq, Christian Bohm, Konstancja Satalecka, D. Hays, Joseph T. Hodges, T. Becka, Justin Vandenbroucke, D. Rutledge, H. Leich, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Markus Ackermann, S. M. Movit, S. H. Seo, Rasha Abbasi, D. Berley, John Clem, David A. Schneider, G. C. Hill, A. Muratas, D. J. Boersma, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, Hermann Kolanoski, A. R. Fazely, P. A. Toale, A. W. Jones, T. Castermans, P. Roth, Christopher Wiebusch, Anna Davour, J. Haugen, D. Wahl, Timo Karg, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, M. Tluczykont, T. Kuwabara, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, B. Semburg, Elisa Bernardini, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, J. A. Goodman, Jenni Adams, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, Y. Hasegawa, and P. Nießen
Subjects: AMANDA, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Neutrino telescope, Signal, High Energy Physics - Experiment, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Icecube, Data acquisition, Signal digitization, ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Physics, business.industry, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Timestamping, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Analog signal, Transmission (telecommunications), Systems design, Timestamp, business, Computer hardware
Abstract: IceCube is a km-scale neutrino observatory under construction at the South Pole with sensors both in the deep ice (InIce) and on the surface (IceTop). The sensors, called Digital Optical Modules (DOMs), detect, digitize and timestamp the signals from optical Cherenkov-radiation photons. The DOM Main Board (MB) data acquisition subsystem is connected to the central DAQ in the IceCube Laboratory (ICL) by a single twisted copper wire-pair and transmits packetized data on demand. Time calibration is maintained throughout the array by regular transmission to the DOMs of precisely timed analog signals, synchronized to a central GPS-disciplined clock. The design goals and consequent features, functional capabilities, and initial performance of the DOM MB, and the operation of a combined array of DOMs as a system, are described here. Experience with the first InIce strings and the IceTop stations indicates that the system design and performance goals have been achieved., 42 pages, 20 figures, submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods A
Published: 2009
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19. Neutrinos from Inert Doublet Dark Matter

Author: Michel H. G. Tytgat, Sarah Andreas, and Q. Swillens
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Annihilation, Scalar (mathematics), Dark matter, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, CMB cold spot, MAJORANA, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), WIMP, Higgs boson, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino
Abstract: We investigate the signatures of neutrinos produced in the annihilation of WIMP dark matter in the Earth, the Sun and at the Galactic centre within the framework of the Inert Doublet Model and extensions. We consider a dark matter candidate, that we take to be one of the neutral components of an extra Higgs doublet, in three distinct mass ranges, which have all been shown previously to be consistent with both WMAP abundance and direct detection experiments exclusion limits. Specifically, we consider a light WIMP with mass between 4 and 8 GeV (low), a WIMP with mass around 60-70 GeV (middle) and a heavy WIMP with mass above 500 GeV (high). In the first case, we show that capture in the Sun may be constrained using Super-Kamiokande data. In the last two cases, we argue that indirect detection through neutrinos is challenging but not altogether excluded. For middle masses, we try to make the most benefit of the proximity of the so-called 'iron resonance' that might enhance the capture of the dark matter candidate by the Earth. The signal from the Earth is further enhanced if light right-handed Majorana neutrinos are introduced, in which case the scalar dark matter candidate may annihilate into pairs of mono-energetic neutrinos. In the case of high masses, detection of neutrinos from the Galactic centre might be possible, provided the dark matter abundance is substantially boosted., Comment: 25 pages, 13 figures; v2: minor changes, more detailed discussion on capture, conclusions unchanged, matches published version (JCAP)
Published: 2009
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20. ERRATUM: 'Search for High-Energy Muon Neutrinos from the 'Naked-Eye' GRB 080319B with the Icecube Neutrino Telescope' (2009, ApJ, 701, 1721)

Author: Karl-Heinz Sulanke, A. Piegsa, Karen Andeen, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, S. Grullon, S. Panknin, S. J. Patton, J. M. Joseph, P. Berghaus, Fabian Kislat, R. Nahnhauer, A. Van Overloop, K. H. Kampert, F. Rothmaier, K. Hultqvist, M. V. D'Agostino, C. T. Day, David A. Schneider, K. Han, E. A. Strahler, S. Euler, M. Danninger, Darren Grant, J. L. Kelley, Markus Ahlers, M. Labare, P. Roth, C. P. McParland, Johan Lundberg, M. Ono, J. L. Bazo Alba, Olga Botner, I. Taboada, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, T. Castermans, Chad Finley, N. Milke, Pratik Majumdar, George Japaridze, C. Terranova, Dirk Lennarz, A. Goldschmidt, S. Hussain, T. Feusels, Michael J. Baker, R. Porrata, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, J. E. Jacobsen, R. Morse, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, L. Gerhardt, D. Z. Besson, Henrik J. Johansson, D. Bertrand, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, O. Engdegård, J. W. Nam, W. Huelsnitz, Timo Karg, J. M. Clem, D. F. Cowen, S. Schlenstedt, M. R. Duvoort, Anna Franckowiak, N. Potthoff, T. Burgess, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, Subir Sarkar, D. R. Nygren, Elisa Resconi, Nathan Whitehorn, P. B. Price, J. Berdermann, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, M. Tluczykont, P. Herquet, S. Odrowski, Marek Kowalski, A. Wiedemann, K. Helbing, M. Stamatikos, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, Jens Madsen, O. Tarasova, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, M. Gurtner, T. Kowarik, H. G. Sander, F. Descamps, G. Kohnen, H. Miyamoto, T. O. B. Schmidt, Christian Spiering, Y. Hasegawa, Kael Hanson, D. Tosi, E. Blaufuss, P. Nießen, B. Voigt, R. Franke, K. Münich, C. Walck, D. Rutledge, J. Auffenberg, K.-H. Becker, B. D. Fox, K. Hoshina, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, Kurt Woschnagg, A. Lucke, Glenn Spiczak, M. M. Foerster, Xinhua Bai, Paul Evenson, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, N. van Eijndhoven, H. Leich, J. C. Gallagher, M. Schunck, W. R. Edwards, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Q. Swillens, M. C. Stoufer, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, Paolo Desiati, Reina H. Maruyama, A. Mohr, Dmitry Chirkin, K. Rawlins, Allan Hallgren, Laura C. Bradley, Alexander Kappes, Dirk Ryckbosch, R. L. Imlay, O. Depaepe, M. Krasberg, S. Stoyanov, S. M. Movit, Albrecht Karle, K. Kuehn, J. Lünemann, M. Merck, D. J. Boersma, R. C. Bay, Peter Mészáros, R. Gozzini, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, S. Böser, S. Klepser, A. R. Fazely, A. Tepe, S. Yoshida, K. Meagher, Teresa Montaruli, R. J. Lauer, J.-P. Hülß, C. De Clercq, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, C. Roucelle, K. Beattie, David A. Williams, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, O. Schulz, J. Dreyer, Markus Ackermann, S. W. Barwick, O. Fadiran, M. Ribordy, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, C. Ha, M. L. Benabderrahmane, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, Paraic A. Kenny, Takao Kuwabara, B. Semburg, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, H. Wissing, B. Christy, A. Ishihara, J. Bolmont, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, Axel Groß, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, S. H. Seo, Carsten Rott, T. Straszheim, M. Bissok, Julia Becker, Xianwu Xu, C. Bohm, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, Spencer Klein, D. Breder, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, S. Seunarine, Wolfgang Rhode, Rasha Abbasi, S. Bechet, P. Redl, Jenni Adams, L. Demirörs, Kirill Filimonov, Christopher Wiebusch, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, S. Cohen, R. W. Ellsworth, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, Y. Abdou, H. Landsman, Konstancja Satalecka, Hermann Kolanoski, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Muon, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Solar neutrino, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Neutrino detector, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Naked eye, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy, 010306 general physics, Gamma-ray burst, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries)
Abstract: We have noticed some mistakes in formulae (A2) and (A5) in the appendix of our paper. The errors are not present in the code used in the analysis and hence none of the plots or results is affected. The correct formulae are below.
Published: 2009
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21. MeV Right-handed Neutrinos and Dark Matter

Author: Jean-Marie Frère, Fu-Sin Ling, Q. Swillens, Laura Lopez Honorez, Emmanuel Nezri, and Gilles Vertongen
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Solar neutrino, Hot dark matter, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Scalar field dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Solar neutrino problem, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Warm dark matter, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Light dark matter
Abstract: We consider the possibility of having a MeV right-handed neutrino as a dark matter constituent. The initial reason for this study was the 511 keV spectral line observed by the satellite experiment INTEGRAL: could it be due to an interaction between dark matter and baryons? Independently of this, we find a number of constraints on the assumed right-handed interactions. They arise in particular from the measurements by solar neutrino experiments. We come to the conclusion that such particles interactions are possible, and could reproduce the peculiar angular distribution, but not the rate of the INTEGRAL signal. However, we stress that solar neutrino experiments are susceptible to provide further constraints in the future., 7 pages, figure 1 changed, added references
Published: 2006

22. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

Author: R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. BenZvi, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, D. Bindig, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, J. Blumenthal, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, D. Bose, S. Böser, O. Botner, J. Braun, A. M. Brown, S. Buitink, M. Carson, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, F. Clevermann, S. Cohen, C. Colnard, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, J. Daughhetee, J. C. Davis, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, M. Dierckxsens, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, A. Fedynitch, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, T. Fischer-Wasels, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, M. Geisler, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Heinen, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, J.-H. Köhne, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, S. Kopper, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, M. J. Larson, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, A. Marotta, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, J. Miller, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, U. Naumann, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, A. O’Murchadha, M. Ono, S. Panknin, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, R. Porrata, J. Posselt, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, T. Ruhe, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, M. Santander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, T. Schmidt, A. Schoenwald, A. Schukraft, A. Schultes, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, H. Taavola, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, S. Toscano, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, M. Vehring, M. Voge, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, Ch. Weaver, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, M. Wolf, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, P. Zarzhitsky, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. BenZvi, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, D. Bindig, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, J. Blumenthal, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, D. Bose, S. Böser, O. Botner, J. Braun, A. M. Brown, S. Buitink, M. Carson, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, F. Clevermann, S. Cohen, C. Colnard, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, J. Daughhetee, J. C. Davis, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, M. Dierckxsens, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, A. Fedynitch, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, T. Fischer-Wasels, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, M. Geisler, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, D. Heinen, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, J.-H. Köhne, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, S. Kopper, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, M. J. Larson, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, A. Marotta, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, J. Miller, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, U. Naumann, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, A. O’Murchadha, M. Ono, S. Panknin, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, R. Porrata, J. Posselt, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, T. Ruhe, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, M. Santander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, T. Schmidt, A. Schoenwald, A. Schukraft, A. Schultes, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, H. Taavola, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, S. Toscano, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, M. Vehring, M. Voge, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, Ch. Weaver, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, M. Wolf, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, and P. Zarzhitsky
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Published: 2011

23. Limits on a muon flux from Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilations in the Sun from the IceCube 22-string detector

Author: R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, O. Botner, L. Bradley, J. Braun, D. Breder, M. Carson, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, S. Cohen, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, Y. Hasegawa, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, R. L. Imlay, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, S. Knops, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, D. Lennarz, A. Lucke, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, H. Miyamoto, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, M. Ono, S. Panknin, S. Patton, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, N. Potthoff, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, C. Roucelle, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, A. Schukraft, O. Schulz, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, C. Terranova, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, J. Tooker, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, A. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, M. Schunck, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, J. Bolmont, O. Botner, L. Bradley, J. Braun, D. Breder, M. Carson, T. Castermans, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, S. Cohen, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, C. T. Day, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, W. R. Edwards, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, R. Ganugapati, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, R. Gozzini, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, Y. Hasegawa, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, R. L. Imlay, M. Inaba, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, S. Knops, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, D. Lennarz, A. Lucke, J. Lundberg, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, C. P. McParland, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, H. Miyamoto, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, M. Ono, S. Panknin, S. Patton, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, A. C. Pohl, R. Porrata, N. Potthoff, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, C. Roucelle, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, D. Schneider, A. Schukraft, O. Schulz, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, M. C. Stoufer, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, K.-H. Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, C. Terranova, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, J. Tooker, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, A. Wiedemann, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, and M. Schunck
Abstract: type:text
Published: 2010

24. Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

Author: R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. BenZvi, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, J. Blumenthal, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, D. Bose, S. Böser, O. Botner, J. Braun, S. Buitink, M. Carson, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, F. Clevermann, S. Cohen, C. Colnard, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, J. C. Davis, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, M. Dierckxsens, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, A. Fedynitch, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, M. Geisler, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, J.-H. Köhne, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, M. J. Larson, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, A. Marotta, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, M. Matusik, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, J. Miller, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, U. Naumann, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, A. O’Murchadha, M. Ono, S. Panknin, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, R. Porrata, J. Posselt, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, T. Ruhe, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, M. Santander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, A. Schukraft, A. Schultes, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, K. Singh, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, H. Taavola, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, S. Toscano, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, M. Voge, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, Ch. Weaver, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, M. Wolf, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, P. Zarzhitsky, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou, T. Abu-Zayyad, J. Adams, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, K. Andeen, J. Auffenberg, X. Bai, M. Baker, S. W. Barwick, R. Bay, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Beattie, J. J. Beatty, S. Bechet, J. K. Becker, K.-H. Becker, M. L. Benabderrahmane, S. BenZvi, J. Berdermann, P. Berghaus, D. Berley, E. Bernardini, D. Bertrand, D. Z. Besson, M. Bissok, E. Blaufuss, J. Blumenthal, D. J. Boersma, C. Bohm, D. Bose, S. Böser, O. Botner, J. Braun, S. Buitink, M. Carson, D. Chirkin, B. Christy, J. Clem, F. Clevermann, S. Cohen, C. Colnard, D. F. Cowen, M. V. D’Agostino, M. Danninger, J. C. Davis, C. De Clercq, L. Demirörs, O. Depaepe, F. Descamps, P. Desiati, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, T. DeYoung, J. C. Díaz-Vélez, M. Dierckxsens, J. Dreyer, J. P. Dumm, M. R. Duvoort, R. Ehrlich, J. Eisch, R. W. Ellsworth, O. Engdegård, S. Euler, P. A. Evenson, O. Fadiran, A. R. Fazely, A. Fedynitch, T. Feusels, K. Filimonov, C. Finley, M. M. Foerster, B. D. Fox, A. Franckowiak, R. Franke, T. K. Gaisser, J. Gallagher, M. Geisler, L. Gerhardt, L. Gladstone, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Goldschmidt, J. A. Goodman, D. Grant, T. Griesel, A. Groß, S. Grullon, M. Gurtner, C. Ha, A. Hallgren, F. Halzen, K. Han, K. Hanson, K. Helbing, P. Herquet, S. Hickford, G. C. Hill, K. D. Hoffman, A. Homeier, K. Hoshina, D. Hubert, W. Huelsnitz, J.-P. Hülß, P. O. Hulth, K. Hultqvist, S. Hussain, A. Ishihara, J. Jacobsen, G. S. Japaridze, H. Johansson, J. M. Joseph, K.-H. Kampert, A. Kappes, T. Karg, A. Karle, J. L. Kelley, N. Kemming, P. Kenny, J. Kiryluk, F. Kislat, S. R. Klein, J.-H. Köhne, G. Kohnen, H. Kolanoski, L. Köpke, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, T. Kowarik, M. Krasberg, T. Krings, G. Kroll, K. Kuehn, T. Kuwabara, M. Labare, S. Lafebre, K. Laihem, H. Landsman, M. J. Larson, R. Lauer, R. Lehmann, J. Lünemann, J. Madsen, P. Majumdar, A. Marotta, R. Maruyama, K. Mase, H. S. Matis, M. Matusik, K. Meagher, M. Merck, P. Mészáros, T. Meures, E. Middell, N. Milke, J. Miller, T. Montaruli, R. Morse, S. M. Movit, R. Nahnhauer, J. W. Nam, U. Naumann, P. Nießen, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, A. Olivas, M. Olivo, A. O’Murchadha, M. Ono, S. Panknin, L. Paul, C. Pérez de los Heros, J. Petrovic, A. Piegsa, D. Pieloth, R. Porrata, J. Posselt, P. B. Price, M. Prikockis, G. T. Przybylski, K. Rawlins, P. Redl, E. Resconi, W. Rhode, M. Ribordy, A. Rizzo, J. P. Rodrigues, P. Roth, F. Rothmaier, C. Rott, T. Ruhe, D. Rutledge, B. Ruzybayev, D. Ryckbosch, H.-G. Sander, M. Santander, S. Sarkar, K. Schatto, S. Schlenstedt, T. Schmidt, A. Schukraft, A. Schultes, O. Schulz, M. Schunck, D. Seckel, B. Semburg, S. H. Seo, Y. Sestayo, S. Seunarine, A. Silvestri, K. Singh, A. Slipak, G. M. Spiczak, C. Spiering, M. Stamatikos, T. Stanev, G. Stephens, T. Stezelberger, R. G. Stokstad, S. Stoyanov, E. A. Strahler, T. Straszheim, G. W. Sullivan, Q. Swillens, H. Taavola, I. Taboada, A. Tamburro, O. Tarasova, A. Tepe, S. Ter-Antonyan, S. Tilav, P. A. Toale, S. Toscano, D. Tosi, D. Turčan, N. van Eijndhoven, J. Vandenbroucke, A. Van Overloop, J. van Santen, M. Voge, B. Voigt, C. Walck, T. Waldenmaier, M. Wallraff, M. Walter, Ch. Weaver, C. Wendt, S. Westerhoff, N. Whitehorn, K. Wiebe, C. H. Wiebusch, G. Wikström, D. R. Williams, R. Wischnewski, H. Wissing, M. Wolf, K. Woschnagg, C. Xu, X. W. Xu, G. Yodh, YOSHIDA, Shigeru, and P. Zarzhitsky
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Published: 2010

25. Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

Author: A. Piegsa, Karl-Heinz Sulanke, G. W. Sullivan, James E. Braun, P. Berghaus, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, M. Labare, Karen Andeen, S. Böser, D. Tosi, S. Euler, John Clem, D. J. Boersma, S. Seunarine, M. Schunck, S. Stoyanov, Johan Lundberg, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Carsten Rott, C. P. McParland, N. van Eijndhoven, Pratik Majumdar, S. H. Seo, Q. Swillens, M. Bissok, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, Subir Sarkar, T. Kowarik, F. Rothmaier, K. Beattie, S. J. Patton, Jenni Adams, R. Wischnewski, O. Schulz, A. Goldschmidt, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, Chad Finley, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, R. Nahnhauer, K. Hultqvist, D. Bertrand, Darren Grant, K. Mase, D. F. Cowen, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, R. L. Imlay, K. Kuehn, A. Van Overloop, J. M. Joseph, P. Roth, B. Voigt, L. Köpke, Xinhua Bai, S. Hickford, P. B. Price, M. Danninger, Christian Bohm, R. G. Stokstad, N. Milke, David A. Schneider, George Japaridze, K. Münich, K. Han, Aya Ishihara, J. Auffenberg, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. L. Kelley, C. Ha, Markus Ahlers, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, O. Engdegård, S. Bechet, M. R. Duvoort, Dirk Lennarz, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, M. L. Benabderrahmane, D. Z. Besson, P. Redl, Kurt Woschnagg, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, Laura C. Bradley, A. Wiedemann, Paul Evenson, Olga Botner, R. Morse, R. Porrata, R. Franke, O. Depaepe, Elisa Resconi, J. Berdermann, W. Huelsnitz, M. Tluczykont, L. Demirörs, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, Paraic A. Kenny, A. Groß, C. Walck, T. Kuwabara, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, A. R. Fazely, Dmitry Chirkin, A. Lucke, Alexander Kappes, C. Pérez de los Heros, John Heise, J. K. Becker, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, M. Ono, W. R. Edwards, B. Christy, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Y. Hasegawa, J. Bolmont, Nathan Whitehorn, S. Cohen, Henrik J. Johansson, E. Blaufuss, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, M. Gurtner, A. Mohr, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, J. Lünemann, Spencer Klein, J. L. Bazo Alba, K. Helbing, R. C. Bay, J.-P. Hülß, P. Nießen, M. M. Foerster, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, T. Castermans, Albrecht Karle, T. Feusels, M. Ribordy, M. Merck, M. C. Stoufer, R. J. Lauer, J. C. Gallagher, H. S. Matis, K.-H. Becker, C. De Clercq, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, S. M. Movit, H. G. Sander, D. Turcan, B. D. Fox, Francis Halzen, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Allan Hallgren, J. E. Jacobsen, David A. Williams, Markus Ackermann, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, S. W. Barwick, Christopher Wiebusch, A. Silvestri, Anna Franckowiak, N. Potthoff, Dirk Ryckbosch, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, O. Fadiran, G. Kohnen, K. Meagher, L. Gerhardt, Wolfgang Rhode, O. Tarasova, Christian Spiering, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, D. R. Nygren, R. W. Ellsworth, J. W. Nam, J. A. Goodman, S. Odrowski, Marek Kowalski, R. Gozzini, D. Breder, Reina H. Maruyama, A. Tepe, Peter Mészáros, Timo Karg, C. Roucelle, T. Straszheim, S. Klepser, I. Taboada, H. Landsman, M. Krasberg, Rasha Abbasi, M. Olivo, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, S. Yoshida, D. Rutledge, B. Semburg, C. Terranova, H. Leich, J. Dreyer, Y. Abdou, H. Wissing, K. Rawlins, M. V. D'Agostino, S. Schlenstedt, James Madsen, Ph. Herquet, Konstancja Satalecka, Kael Hanson, Teresa Montaruli, Paolo Desiati, C. T. Day, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, E. A. Strahler, Hermann Kolanoski, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, S. Grullon, S. Panknin, Fabian Kislat, M. Baker, S. Hussain, T. Burgess, K. Hoshina, and Glenn Spiczak
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Oscillations, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Confidence-Intervals, Gravity, FOS: Physical sciences, Generator, Lorentz covariance, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Scattering, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Sensitivity, Quantum Decoherence, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Muon neutrino, 010306 general physics, Neutrino oscillation, Telescope, Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Solar neutrino problem, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, Measurements of neutrino speed, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Small Signals, Lorentz Invariance Violation
Abstract: The AMANDA-II detector, operating since 2000 in the deep ice at the geographic South Pole, has accumulated a large sample of atmospheric muon neutrinos in the 100 GeV to 10 TeV energy range. The zenith angle and energy distribution of these events can be used to search for various phenomenological signatures of quantum gravity in the neutrino sector, such as violation of Lorentz invariance (VLI) or quantum decoherence (QD). Analyzing a set of 5511 candidate neutrino events collected during 1387 days of livetime from 2000 to 2006, we find no evidence for such effects and set upper limits on VLI and QD parameters using a maximum likelihood method. Given the absence of evidence for new flavor-changing physics, we use the same methodology to determine the conventional atmospheric muon neutrino flux above 100 GeV., Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures; updated with published version (minor clarifications)
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26. Search for neutrino-induced cascades with five years of AMANDA data

Author: Jenni Adams, S. Hickford, M.R. Duvoort, R. G. Stokstad, R. Wischnewski, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Laura C. Bradley, P. B. Price, Thomas Meures, O. Depaepe, S. Stoyanov, M. Merck, M. Schunck, A. Piegsa, J. Auffenberg, J. A. Aguilar, R. M. Gunasingha, M. Olivo, J. A. Goodman, N. van Eijndhoven, E. Blaufuss, J. C. Davis, K. Han, H. Landsman, T. O. B. Schmidt, J. M. Clem, S. Schlenstedt, Larissa Paul, A. R. Fazely, J. L. Kelley, J. Lünemann, R. C. Bay, J. D. Eisch, I. Taboada, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, F. Clevermann, K. Kuehn, G. Kroll, N. Milke, George Japaridze, J. S. Miller, S. Cohen, Olga Botner, Q. Swillens, R. W. Ellsworth, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, Paul Evenson, S. M. Movit, Jon Dumm, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, O. Engdegård, R. Lehmann, S. Panknin, D. Rutledge, M. D. Baker, A. Silvestri, M. Kowalski, T. Glüsenkamp, A. Van Overloop, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, K. D. Hoffman, David R. Williams, Carsten Rott, Fabian Kislat, Dirk Lennarz, M. Danninger, J. S. Gallagher, G. W. Sullivan, N. Kemming, M. Labare, James E. Braun, Karen Andeen, M. Bissok, H. G. Sander, Janet Jacobsen, T. Krings, M. L. Benabderrahmane, M. Krasberg, J. W. Nam, T. Kowarik, Dmitry Chirkin, M. Ono, K. Rawlins, E. A. Strahler, Subir Sarkar, Xianwu Xu, D. R. Nygren, J. L. Bazo Alba, Timo Karg, Elisa Resconi, Alexander Kappes, Surujhdeo Seunarine, R. Nahnhauer, Hermann Kolanoski, D. Z. Besson, C. Bohm, Chun Xu, J. M. Joseph, K. Hoshina, S. Odrowski, J. J. Beatty, J. Berdermann, D. Tosi, W. Huelsnitz, Paraic A. Kenny, Takao Kuwabara, T. Feusels, J. Dreyer, J. Petrovic, Y. Abdou, Glenn Spiczak, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, C. Pérez de los Heros, B. Christy, J.K. Becker, A. Ishihara, S. Yoshida, U. Naumann, K. Helbing, L. Gerhardt, J. Posselt, A. Homeier, D. J. Boersma, Ph. Herquet, R. Ehrlich, A. Olivas, M. V. D'Agostino, Markus Ahlers, C. Colnard, O. Actis, Stijn Buitink, C. Roucelle, Rasha Abbasi, Pratik Majumdar, K. Beattie, K. Mase, O. Schulz, Gerald Przybylski, S. Hussain, Kael Hanson, D. J. Koskinen, P. Roth, R. Morse, Reina H. Maruyama, T. Montaruli, S.J. Lafebre, R. Porrata, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, M. Ribordy, P. O. Hulth, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, M. Gurtner, K. Wiebe, P. Zarzhitsky, A. Tamburro, R. Ganugapati, Henrik J. Johansson, Tim Ruhe, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, B. Semburg, R. J. Lauer, D. F. Cowen, J.-H. Köhne, H. Wissing, Chad Finley, Paolo Desiati, C. Ha, K. Meagher, B. D. Fox, R. L. Imlay, Tareq Abu-Zayyad, A. Schultes, Anna Franckowiak, C. De Clercq, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, J.-P. Hülß, S. Böser, S. H. Seo, D. Bertrand, H. S. Matis, S. R. Klein, S. W. Barwick, D. Turcan, Francis Halzen, M. Wallraff, O. Fadiran, Allan Hallgren, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, Peter Mészáros, M. M. Foerster, F. Descamps, P. Berghaus, A. Tepe, S. Euler, R. Franke, C. Walck, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, S. Bechet, P. Redl, Christian Spiering, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, K. Woschnagg, Axel Groß, Karl-Heinz Kampert, Kirill Filimonov, M. Matusik, Y. Sestayo, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, Jens Madsen, F. Rothmaier, Matthias Geisler, K. Hultqvist, Darren Grant, Wolfgang Rhode, T. Straszheim, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, J. van Santen, P. Nießen, K.-H. Becker, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Dirk Ryckbosch, L. Demirörs, B. Ruzybayev, M. Stamatikos, A. Goldschmidt, Christopher Wiebusch, A. Karle, David A. Schneider, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, L. Gladstone, D. Seckel, Tyce DeYoung, P. A. Toale, Nathan Whitehorn, Dept. of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, University of Gent, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Christchurch] (DPA), University of Canterbury [Christchurch], University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Wuppertal, University of Delaware [Newark], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Irvine], University of California [Irvine] (UCI), University of California-University of California, University of California, Ohio State University [Columbus] (OSU), Dept. of Astronomy, Science Faculty CP230, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas [Lawrence] (KU), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Stockholm University, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala], Uppsala University, University Park, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), École Polytechnique Fédérale, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics [PennState], Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Penn State System-Penn State System, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Utrecht], Utrecht University [Utrecht], Southern University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Physics [Edmonton], University of Alberta, University of Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU), Université de Mons (UMons), Chiba University, University of Alaska [Anchorage], University of the West Indies, Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta], Department of Physics and Astronomy [Tuscaloosa), University of Alabama [Tuscaloosa] (UA), APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), and Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Flux, Cosmic ray, Context (language use), Cascades, Neutrinos, Astrophysics, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], 01 natural sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic-Rays, Nuclei, High-Energy Neutrinos, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 97339.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) We report on the search for electromagnetic and hadronic showers ("cascades") produced by a diffuse flux of extraterrestrial neutrinos in the AMANDA neutrino telescope. Data for this analysis were recorded during 1001 days of detector livetime in the years 2000-2004. The observed event rates are consistent with the background expectation from atmospheric neutrinos and muons. An upper limit is derived for the diffuse flux of neutrinos of all flavors assuming a flavor ratio of v(e):v(mu):v(tau) = 1:1:1 at the detection site. The all-flavor flux of neutrinos with an energy spectrum Phi proportional to E(-2) is less than 5.0 x 10(-7) GeV s(-1) sr(-1) cm(-2) at a 90% C.L. Here, 90% of the simulated signal would fall within the energy range 40 TeV to 9 PeV. We discuss flux limits in the context of several specific models of extraterrestrial and prompt atmospheric neutrino production. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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27. Extending the search for neutrino point sources with iceCube above the horizon

Author: T. Kuwabara, J. M. Joseph, A. Piegsa, Thomas Meures, R. Ehrlich, R. Gozzini, Ph. Herquet, Jenni Adams, S. J. Patton, A. Olivas, T. Abu-Zayyad, A. Tepe, E. Blaufuss, Q. Swillens, T. Castermans, A. Van Overloop, Johan Lundberg, R. J. Lauer, Pratik Majumdar, Kael Hanson, C. De Clercq, R. Morse, M. Merck, K. Rawlins, M. V. D'Agostino, David A. Williams, J. L. Kelley, S. W. Barwick, L. Paul, S. Hickford, R. G. Stokstad, Todor Stanev, C. Wendt, F. Descamps, H. Miyamoto, Markus Ahlers, M. C. Stoufer, R. Franke, C. Walck, C. Roucelle, Thomas K. Gaisser, G. B. Yodh, L. Demirörs, R. Wischnewski, M. Ono, R. Ganugapati, A. C. Pohl, J. Auffenberg, D. F. Cowen, H. G. Sander, S. M. Movit, P. O. Hulth, J. Eisch, C. Ha, T. Krings, G. de Vries-Uiterweerd, A. Homeier, Chun Xu, R. Porrata, C. T. Day, J. L. Bazo Alba, R. W. Ellsworth, G. W. Sullivan, Teresa Montaruli, Karen Andeen, E. A. Strahler, Samvel Ter-Antonyan, P. B. Price, N. Kemming, James E. Braun, T. O. B. Schmidt, B. Semburg, C. Terranova, H. Wissing, J. Tooker, Hermann Kolanoski, A. Wiedemann, M. L. Benabderrahmane, Paolo Desiati, N. van Eijndhoven, M. Schunck, I. Taboada, B. D. Fox, T. Feusels, J. E. Jacobsen, H. Landsman, Kurt Woschnagg, J. J. Beatty, D. Rutledge, T. Straszheim, D. Z. Besson, Christopher Wiebusch, S. Hussain, D. J. Koskinen, M. Kowalski, Paul Evenson, Chad Finley, Dmitry Chirkin, S. Schlenstedt, R. Nahnhauer, M. Walter, A. Rizzo, Subir Sarkar, W. R. Edwards, Paraic A. Kenny, Juanan Aguilar, N. Milke, George Japaridze, Alexander Kappes, J. M. Clem, K. Han, Nathan Whitehorn, Rasha Abbasi, O. Engdegård, C. Pérez de los Heros, M. Prikockis, T. Waldenmaier, Joanna Kiryluk, B. Christy, Seth M. Cohen, G. Kroll, S. H. Seo, S. Seunarine, A. Ishihara, M. Danninger, Reina H. Maruyama, K. Kuehn, D. J. Boersma, K. Hoshina, S. Bechet, Elisa Resconi, T. Kowarik, R. Lehmann, J. Berdermann, Glenn Spiczak, G. Stephens, S. Westerhoff, B. Ruzybayev, Peter Mészáros, J. K. Becker, Dirk Lennarz, G. Wikström, T. Griesel, A. Tamburro, B. Voigt, Xinhua Bai, Timo Karg, Jens Madsen, R. L. Imlay, P. Redl, O. Tarasova, K. Wiebe, M. Labare, Olga Botner, Carsten Rott, Christian Bohm, M. M. Foerster, M. Bissok, David A. Schneider, J. C. Gallagher, S. Grullon, M. J. Carson, K. Beattie, O. Schulz, Christian Spiering, S. Panknin, Axel Groß, M. Krasberg, W. Huelsnitz, Xianwu Xu, J. P. Dumm, J.-P. Hülß, D. Berley, G. C. Hill, Laura C. Bradley, D. Bertrand, S.J. Lafebre, Fabian Kislat, Michael J. Baker, Allan Hallgren, O. Depaepe, Albrecht Karle, S. Stoyanov, H. S. Matis, S. Knops, Justin Vandenbroucke, L. Gladstone, M. Ribordy, D. Seckel, A. Silvestri, A. R. Fazely, Tyce DeYoung, Karl-Heinz Kampert, J. Dreyer, D. Turcan, P. A. Toale, J. Lünemann, K. Meagher, Francis Halzen, R. C. Bay, K. Helbing, Kirill Filimonov, M. Wallraff, Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez, Henrik J. Johansson, O. Fadiran, M. Olivo, M. Gurtner, F. Rothmaier, S. Yoshida, K. Hultqvist, Spencer Klein, Darren Grant, Anna Franckowiak, Kara Hoffman, Y. Sestayo, N. Potthoff, K. Mase, L. Gerhardt, K. Schatto, G. Kohnen, Wolfgang Rhode, P. Berghaus, J. Petrovic, R. M. Gunasingha, D. Tosi, S. Euler, J. A. Goodman, D. Breder, Damian Pieloth, D. Hubert, L. Köpke, E. Middell, Elisa Bernardini, Gerald Przybylski, M. Inaba, J. W. Nam, D. R. Nygren, S. Odrowski, Y. Abdou, J. P. Rodrigues, T. Stezelberger, K.-H. Becker, A. Schukraft, K. Laihem, Dirk Ryckbosch, M. Stamatikos, C. P. McParland, A. Goldschmidt, M. R. Duvoort, A. Slipak, S. Tilav, J. van Santen, Y. Hasegawa, P. Nießen, P. Roth, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Point source, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Declination, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], muon, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, Jets, ddc:550, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cosmic rays, Telescope, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astroparticle physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Horizon, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], pion, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, and other elementary particles, Detector, cosmic ray detectors, and other elementary particle detectors, Gamma-Rays, Neutrino detector, 13. Climate action, Sky, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Lepton
Abstract: Point source searches with the IceCube neutrino telescope have been restricted to one hemisphere, due to the exclusive selection of upward going events as a way of rejecting the atmospheric muon background. We show that the region above the horizon can be included by suppressing the background through energy-sensitive cuts. This approach improves the sensitivity above PeV energies, previously not accessible for declinations of more than a few degrees below the horizon due to the absorption of neutrinos in Earth. We present results based on data collected with 22 strings of IceCube, extending its field of view and energy reach for point source searches. No significant excess above the atmospheric background is observed in a sky scan and in tests of source candidates, including the Active Galactic Nuclei Centaurus A and 3C279. Upper limits are reported, which for the first time cover point sources in the southern sky up to EeV energies., 6 pages, 4 figures. Updated to match version published in Phys. Rev. Lett
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28. Limits on neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts with the 40 string IceCube detector.

Author: Abbasi R, Abdou Y, Abu-Zayyad T, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Andeen K, Auffenberg J, Bai X, Baker M, Barwick SW, Bay R, Bazo Alba JL, Beattie K, Beatty JJ, Bechet S, Becker JK, Becker KH, Benabderrahmane ML, BenZvi S, Berdermann J, Berghaus P, Berley D, Bernardini E, Bertrand D, Besson DZ, Bindig D, Bissok M, Blaufuss E, Blumenthal J, Boersma DJ, Bohm C, Bose D, Böser S, Botner O, Braun J, Brown AM, Buitink S, Carson M, Chirkin D, Christy B, Clem J, Clevermann F, Cohen S, Colnard C, Cowen DF, D'Agostino MV, Danninger M, Daughhetee J, Davis JC, De Clercq C, Demirörs L, Depaepe O, Descamps F, Desiati P, de Vries-Uiterweerd G, DeYoung T, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dierckxsens M, Dreyer J, Dumm JP, Ehrlich R, Eisch J, Ellsworth RW, Engdegård O, Euler S, Evenson PA, Fadiran O, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Feusels T, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer-Wasels T, Foerster MM, Fox BD, Franckowiak A, Franke R, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Geisler M, Gerhardt L, Gladstone L, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Goodman JA, Grant D, Griesel T, Gross A, Grullon S, Gurtner M, Ha C, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Han K, Hanson K, Heinen D, Helbing K, Herquet P, Hickford S, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Homeier A, Hoshina K, Hubert D, Huelsnitz W, Hülss JP, Hulth PO, Hultqvist K, Hussain S, Ishihara A, Jacobsen J, Japaridze GS, Johansson H, Joseph JM, Kampert KH, Kappes A, Karg T, Karle A, Kelley JL, Kemming N, Kenny P, Kiryluk J, Kislat F, Klein SR, Köhne JH, Kohnen G, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Kowarik T, Krasberg M, Krings T, Kroll G, Kuehn K, Kuwabara T, Labare M, Lafebre S, Laihem K, Landsman H, Larson MJ, Lauer R, Lehmann R, Lünemann J, Madsen J, Majumdar P, Marotta A, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, Meagher K, Merck M, Mészáros P, Meures T, Middell E, Milke N, Miller J, Montaruli T, Morse R, Movit SM, Nahnhauer R, Nam JW, Naumann U, Niessen P, Nygren DR, Odrowski S, Olivas A, Olivo M, O'Murchadha A, Ono M, Panknin S, Paul L, Pérez de los Heros C, Petrovic J, Piegsa A, Pieloth D, Porrata R, Posselt J, Price PB, Prikockis M, Przybylski GT, Rawlins K, Redl P, Resconi E, Rhode W, Ribordy M, Rizzo A, Rodrigues JP, Roth P, Rothmaier F, Rott C, Ruhe T, Rutledge D, Ruzybayev B, Ryckbosch D, Sander HG, Santander M, Sarkar S, Schatto K, Schmidt T, Schoenwald A, Schukraft A, Schultes A, Schulz O, Schunck M, Seckel D, Semburg B, Seo SH, Sestayo Y, Seunarine S, Silvestri A, Slipak A, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stephens G, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stoyanov S, Strahler EA, Straszheim T, Sullivan GW, Swillens Q, Taavola H, Taboada I, Tamburro A, Tarasova O, Tepe A, Ter-Antonyan S, Tilav S, Toale PA, Toscano S, Tosi D, Turčan D, van Eijndhoven N, Vandenbroucke J, Van Overloop A, van Santen J, Vehring M, Voge M, Voigt B, Walck C, Waldenmaier T, Wallraff M, Walter M, Weaver C, Wendt C, Westerhoff S, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wischnewski R, Wissing H, Wolf M, Woschnagg K, Xu C, Xu XW, Yodh G, Yoshida S, and Zarzhitsky P
Abstract: IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if gamma-ray bursts are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray flux above 10(18) eV. Two separate analyses using the half-complete IceCube detector, one a dedicated search for neutrinos from pγ interactions in the prompt phase of the gamma-ray burst fireball and the other a generic search for any neutrino emission from these sources over a wide range of energies and emission times, produced no evidence for neutrino emission, excluding prevailing models at 90% confidence.
Published: 2011
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29. Extending the search for neutrino point sources with IceCube above the horizon.

Author: Abbasi R, Abdou Y, Abu-Zayyad T, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Andeen K, Auffenberg J, Bai X, Baker M, Barwick SW, Bay R, Bazo Alba JL, Beattie K, Beatty JJ, Bechet S, Becker JK, Becker KH, Benabderrahmane ML, Berdermann J, Berghaus P, Berley D, Bernardini E, Bertrand D, Besson DZ, Bissok M, Blaufuss E, Boersma DJ, Bohm C, Botner O, Bradley L, Braun J, Breder D, Carson M, Castermans T, Chirkin D, Christy B, Clem J, Cohen S, Cowen DF, D'Agostino MV, Danninger M, Day CT, De Clercq C, Demirörs L, Depaepe O, Descamps F, Desiati P, de Vries-Uiterweerd G, DeYoung T, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dreyer J, Dumm JP, Duvoort MR, Edwards WR, Ehrlich R, Eisch J, Ellsworth RW, Engdegård O, Euler S, Evenson PA, Fadiran O, Fazely AR, Feusels T, Filimonov K, Finley C, Foerster MM, Fox BD, Franckowiak A, Franke R, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganugapati R, Gerhardt L, Gladstone L, Goldschmidt A, Goodman JA, Gozzini R, Grant D, Griesel T, Gross A, Grullon S, Gunasingha RM, Gurtner M, Ha C, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Han K, Hanson K, Hasegawa Y, Helbing K, Herquet P, Hickford S, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Homeier A, Hoshina K, Hubert D, Huelsnitz W, Hülss JP, Hulth PO, Hultqvist K, Hussain S, Imlay RL, Inaba M, Ishihara A, Jacobsen J, Japaridze GS, Johansson H, Joseph JM, Kampert KH, Kappes A, Karg T, Karle A, Kelley JL, Kemming N, Kenny P, Kiryluk J, Kislat F, Klein SR, Knops S, Kohnen G, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Kowarik T, Krasberg M, Krings T, Kroll G, Kuehn K, Kuwabara T, Labare M, Lafebre S, Laihem K, Landsman H, Lauer R, Lehmann R, Lennarz D, Lundberg J, Lünemann J, Madsen J, Majumdar P, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, McParland CP, Meagher K, Merck M, Mészáros P, Meures T, Middell E, Milke N, Miyamoto H, Montaruli T, Morse R, Movit SM, Nahnhauer R, Nam JW, Niessen P, Nygren DR, Odrowski S, Olivas A, Olivo M, Ono M, Panknin S, Patton S, Paul L, Pérez de los Heros C, Petrovic J, Piegsa A, Pieloth D, Pohl AC, Porrata R, Potthoff N, Price PB, Prikockis M, Przybylski GT, Rawlins K, Redl P, Resconi E, Rhode W, Ribordy M, Rizzo A, Rodrigues JP, Roth P, Rothmaier F, Rott C, Roucelle C, Rutledge D, Ruzybayev B, Ryckbosch D, Sander HG, Sarkar S, Schatto K, Schlenstedt S, Schmidt T, Schneider D, Schukraft A, Schulz O, Schunck M, Seckel D, Semburg B, Seo SH, Sestayo Y, Seunarine S, Silvestri A, Slipak A, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stephens G, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stoufer MC, Stoyanov S, Strahler EA, Straszheim T, Sullivan GW, Swillens Q, Taboada I, Tamburro A, Tarasova O, Tepe A, Ter-Antonyan S, Terranova C, Tilav S, Toale PA, Tooker J, Tosi D, Turcan D, van Eijndhoven N, Vandenbroucke J, Van Overloop A, van Santen J, Voigt B, Walck C, Waldenmaier T, Wallraff M, Walter M, Wendt C, Westerhoff S, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wiedemann A, Wikström G, Williams DR, Wischnewski R, Wissing H, Woschnagg K, Xu C, Xu XW, Yodh G, and Yoshida S
Abstract: Point source searches with the IceCube neutrino telescope have been restricted to one hemisphere, due to the exclusive selection of upward going events as a way of rejecting the atmospheric muon background. We show that the region above the horizon can be included by suppressing the background through energy-sensitive cuts. This improves the sensitivity above PeV energies, previously not accessible for declinations of more than a few degrees below the horizon due to the absorption of neutrinos in Earth. We present results based on data collected with 22 strings of IceCube, extending its field of view and energy reach for point source searches. No significant excess above the atmospheric background is observed in a sky scan and in tests of source candidates. Upper limits are reported, which for the first time cover point sources in the southern sky up to EeV energies.
Published: 2009
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30. Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the sun with the IceCube 22-string detector.

Author: Abbasi R, Abdou Y, Ackermann M, Adams J, Ahlers M, Andeen K, Auffenberg J, Bai X, Baker M, Barwick SW, Bay R, Bazo Alba JL, Beattie K, Beatty JJ, Bechet S, Becker JK, Becker KH, Benabderrahmane ML, Berdermann J, Berghaus P, Berley D, Bernardini E, Bertrand D, Besson DZ, Bissok M, Blaufuss E, Boersma DJ, Bohm C, Bolmont J, Böser S, Botner O, Bradley L, Braun J, Breder D, Burgess T, Castermans T, Chirkin D, Christy B, Clem J, Cohen S, Cowen DF, D'Agostino MV, Danninger M, Day CT, De Clercq C, Demirörs L, Depaepe O, Descamps F, Desiati P, de Vries-Uiterweerd G, Deyoung T, Diaz-Velez JC, Dreyer J, Dumm JP, Duvoort MR, Edwards WR, Ehrlich R, Eisch J, Ellsworth RW, Engdegård O, Euler S, Evenson PA, Fadiran O, Fazely AR, Feusels T, Filimonov K, Finley C, Foerster MM, Fox BD, Franckowiak A, Franke R, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganugapati R, Gerhardt L, Gladstone L, Goldschmidt A, Goodman JA, Gozzini R, Grant D, Griesel T, Gross A, Grullon S, Gunasingha RM, Gurtner M, Ha C, Hallgren A, Halzen F, Han K, Hanson K, Hasegawa Y, Heise J, Helbing K, Herquet P, Hickford S, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoshina K, Hubert D, Huelsnitz W, Hülss JP, Hulth PO, Hultqvist K, Hussain S, Imlay RL, Inaba M, Ishihara A, Jacobsen J, Japaridze GS, Johansson H, Joseph JM, Kampert KH, Kappes A, Karg T, Karle A, Kelley JL, Kenny P, Kiryluk J, Kislat F, Klein SR, Klepser S, Knops S, Kohnen G, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kowalski M, Kowarik T, Krasberg M, Kuehn K, Kuwabara T, Labare M, Lafebre S, Laihem K, Landsman H, Lauer R, Leich H, Lennarz D, Lucke A, Lundberg J, Lünemann J, Madsen J, Majumdar P, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, McParland CP, Meagher K, Merck M, Mészáros P, Middell E, Milke N, Miyamoto H, Mohr A, Montaruli T, Morse R, Movit SM, Münich K, Nahnhauer R, Nam JW, Niessen P, Nygren DR, Odrowski S, Olivas A, Olivo M, Ono M, Panknin S, Patton S, Pérez de Los Heros C, Petrovic J, Piegsa A, Pieloth D, Pohl AC, Porrata R, Potthoff N, Price PB, Prikockis M, Przybylski GT, Rawlins K, Redl P, Resconi E, Rhode W, Ribordy M, Rizzo A, Rodrigues JP, Roth P, Rothmaier F, Rott C, Roucelle C, Rutledge D, Ryckbosch D, Sander HG, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schlenstedt S, Schmidt T, Schneider D, Schukraft A, Schulz O, Schunck M, Seckel D, Semburg B, Seo SH, Sestayo Y, Seunarine S, Silvestri A, Slipak A, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stephens G, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stoufer MC, Stoyanov S, Strahler EA, Straszheim T, Sulanke KH, Sullivan GW, Swillens Q, Taboada I, Tarasova O, Tepe A, Ter-Antonyan S, Terranova C, Tilav S, Tluczykont M, Toale PA, Tosi D, Turcan D, van Eijndhoven N, Vandenbroucke J, Van Overloop A, Voigt B, Walck C, Waldenmaier T, Walter M, Wendt C, Westerhoff S, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Wiedemann A, Wikström G, Williams DR, Wischnewski R, Wissing H, Woschnagg K, Xu XW, Yodh G, and Yoshida S
Abstract: A search for muon neutrinos from neutralino annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the IceCube 22-string neutrino detector using data collected in 104.3 days of live time in 2007. No excess over the expected atmospheric background has been observed. Upper limits have been obtained on the annihilation rate of captured neutralinos in the Sun and converted to limits on the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) proton cross sections for WIMP masses in the range 250-5000 GeV. These results are the most stringent limits to date on neutralino annihilation in the Sun.
Published: 2009
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1. A Search for a Diffuse Flux of Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 40-String Detector

2. Calibration and Characterization of the IceCube Photomultiplier Tube

3. IceCube Sensitivity for Low-Energy Neutrinos from Nearby Supernovae ( Corrigendum )

4. The design and performance of IceCube DeepCore

5. Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole

6. Erratum: Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data [Phys. Rev. D83, 092003 (2011)]

7. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

8. Constraints on the extremely-high energy cosmic neutrino flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 data

9. Measurement of acoustic attenuation in South Pole ice

10. Search for dark matter from the Galactic halo with the IceCube neutrino telescope

11. Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube

12. Search for relativistic magnetic monopoles with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope

13. Limits on a muon flux from Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilations in the Sun from the IceCube 22-string detector

14. First search for extremely high energy cosmogenic neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

15. The energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos between 2 and 200 TeV with the AMANDA-II detector

16. Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

17. Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the sun with the IceCube 22-string detector

18. The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping

19. Neutrinos from Inert Doublet Dark Matter

20. ERRATUM: 'Search for High-Energy Muon Neutrinos from the 'Naked-Eye' GRB 080319B with the Icecube Neutrino Telescope' (2009, ApJ, 701, 1721)

21. MeV Right-handed Neutrinos and Dark Matter

22. First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector

23. Limits on a muon flux from Kaluza-Klein dark matter annihilations in the Sun from the IceCube 22-string detector

24. Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube

25. Determination of the atmospheric neutrino flux and searches for new physics with AMANDA-II

26. Search for neutrino-induced cascades with five years of AMANDA data

27. Extending the search for neutrino point sources with iceCube above the horizon

28. Limits on neutrino emission from gamma-ray bursts with the 40 string IceCube detector.

29. Extending the search for neutrino point sources with IceCube above the horizon.

30. Limits on a muon flux from neutralino annihilations in the sun with the IceCube 22-string detector.

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